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UNICEF seeks urgent action to reverse Covid-19 impact on children

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UNICEF is warning that Covid-19 is the worst crisis for children the charity has seen in its 75-year history. To mark its 75th anniversary, the United Nations agency has published a report 'Preventing A Lost Decade’ which highlights the widespread and deepening impact of the pandemic on children amidst increasing poverty and inequality.

It says the human rights of all children are under threat to a degree that has not been seen in more than a generation. Some countries are recovering and rebuilding, but for many Covid-19 remains a crisis as the global response has been unequal and inadequate.

UNICEF expects that in a best-case scenario, it will take seven to eight years to recover and return to pre-Covid child poverty levels.

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