Varanasi: The child protection department has appealed to people to report any case where Covid-19 has claimed lives of parents and any child has been orphaned. In order to ensure proper legal protection of the child, the department has also warned people against adopting such children without following the prescribed norms as it would be considered illegal.
Though no case of children being orphaned amid pandemic has come to light in this region so far, there are appeals for help and requests for adoption of such children on social media.
Women and child welfare deputy director Pravin Kumar Tripathi said that people should be aware about the procedure for seeking help of department and institutions working for protection of orphans.