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Pandemic puts 86m children at risk of poverty: study
Agence France-Presse . United Nations | Updated at 01:21am on May 29, 2020
The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic could push as many as 86 million more children into poverty by the end of 2020, a joint...
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129 children get bail online, 87 released
M Moneruzzaman | Updated at 11:01pm on May 18, 2020
A total of 129 inmates were granted bail by 68 online juvenile courts in various pending cases until Sunday. Among them, 87 inmates were released...
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Peculiar symptoms among children believed to be found linked with COVID-19
Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:02am on May 15, 2020
US health authorities issued an alert Thursday over a rare but sometimes deadly autoimmune condition among children that is believed to be linked to COVID-19....
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Surge in child mortality forecast in developing countries
Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 01:07am on May 14, 2020
Deaths from preventable disease in children under five could rise by almost 45 per cent over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic diverts...
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Bangladesh sees COVID-19 infection more in minors, adolescents
Manzur H Maswood | Updated at 11:46pm on April 30, 2020
Bangladesh has witnessed an increased number of children and adolescents infected with COVID-19, though globally the percentage of children among the confirmed coronavirus infected patients...
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2m children in Bangladesh likely to miss schedules of 10 vaccines
Manzur H Maswood | Updated at 12:56am on April 30, 2020
Nearly two million newborns and toddlers are on the brink of missing the schedules of lifesaving vaccines in Bangladesh as COVID-19 disrupted the country’s immunisation...
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UK raises alarm over virus-related syndrome in children
Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 01:10am on April 29, 2020
Britain’s health minister said Tuesday he was ‘very worried’ at signs of a coronavirus-related syndrome emerging in children but stressed it needed more research and...
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Global COVID-19 cases top 3 million
Agence France-Presse . Beijing, China | Updated at 12:04am on April 28, 2020
Global cases of coronavirus infection topped 3 million on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins tally while children in China’s two most important cities went back...
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Poor people throng Dhaka streets for relief as shutdown continues
Emran Hossain | Updated at 11:56pm on April 24, 2020
The streets of Dhaka are far from wearing the look expected of a city under lockdown when a highly contagious virus continues to ravage most...
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UN chief calls to protect children from coronavirus consequences
Agence France-Presse . United Nations | Updated at 09:56pm on April 17, 2020
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres called Thursday on families and global leaders to ‘protect our children,’ who stand to suffer severe consequences of the pandemic...
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