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The NCPCR said as per news reports, children from child care institutions across the country are contracting coronavirus
Amid reports of children at child care institutions across the country contracting COVID-19, apex child rights body National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has asked all States to give information on the number of children who have tested positive in these homes in the last one month.
In a letter to principal secretaries and secretaries, NCPCR Chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said that protection of children in child care institutions (CCIs) has been a major concern in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.