A significant number of children are missing out on life-saving vaccines for the first time in nearly 30 years due to the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations warns.
The UN identified a “substantial drop” in the immunisation of children against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough in the first four months of 2020.
The suffering and death caused to children contracting these diseases could be far greater than Covid-19 itself, suggests the head of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
He said these vaccines are one of the most powerful tools in the history of public health.
Source:Fiilafmonline/BBC
