UNICEF: An additional 6.7 million children under 5 could suffer from wasting this year due to COVID-19
NEW YORK, 27 JULY 2020 – An additional 6.7 million children under the age of five could suffer from wasting – and therefore become dangerously undernourished – in 2020 as a result of the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF warned today. According to an analysis published in The Lancet , 80 per cent of these children would be…