Virus means poverty for 150m more children

Updated September 17 2020 - 10:21am, first published 10:16am
UNICEF and Save The Children say the world's poorest children are getting poorer due to COVID-19.
UNICEF and Save The Children say the world's poorest children are getting poorer due to COVID-19.

Coronavirus and its related lockdown measures have pushed 150 million more children into poverty, according to analysis published by UNICEF and Save the Children.

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