The Latest: China donates vaccine doses to UN peacekeepers
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1of24A woman disinfects the handrails of the main dock gangway on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Monday, March 15, 2021. The historic island prison was reopened to visitors Monday after being closed since December because of the coronavirus threat. Visitors were also able to tour the inside of the main cell house for the first time in a year.Eric Risberg/APShow MoreShow Less
2of24People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus visit at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, Monday, March 15, 2021.Koji Sasahara/APShow MoreShow Less
The Latest: China donates vaccine doses to UN peacekeepers
The Associated Press
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1of24A woman disinfects the handrails of the main dock gangway on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Monday, March 15, 2021. The historic island prison was reopened to visitors Monday after being closed since December because of the coronavirus threat. Visitors were also able to tour the inside of the main cell house for the first time in a year.Eric Risberg/APShow MoreShow Less
2of24People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus visit at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, Monday, March 15, 2021.Koji Sasahara/APShow MoreShow Less
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Pandemic restrictions aggravating known triggers for self-harm and poor mental health
Experts have issued a stark warning about the effects of the pandemic on the mental health of children and young people.
Even before the pandemic, we were seeing deteriorating mental health among children and young people, which was amplified by inadequate service provision to support their needs Tamsin Ford
Writing in The BMJ, Professor Tamsin Ford at the University of Cambridge and colleagues say deterioration in mental health is clearest among families already struggling and call for urgent action “to ensure that this generation is not disproportionately disadvantaged by COVID-19.”