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Covid-19 pandemic impacted health, psychosocial well-being of children in India: UNICEF
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March 05, 2021
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The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the health and psychosocial well-being of the children in India, UNICEF said on Thursday.
Closure of schools prevented children from gaining access to learning and limited interaction with their peers. The pandemic also brought stress on parents and caregivers posing challenges to their capacity of providing care and engaging with their children, it said in a statement.
According to the world body, an estimated 50 million of children in India suffered from mental health issues even before the pandemic.