COVID-19 Fallout Could Push 86 Million More Children Into Poverty: UNICEF

A report by UNICEF and Save The Children has stated that the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will see an additional 86 million children being pushed into household poverty by the end of 2020. According to the report, the number of children living in poverty will rise to 672 million, an increase of 15 percent. "The scale and depth of financial hardship among families threatens to roll back years of progress in reducing child poverty and to leave children deprived of essential services. Without concerted action, families barely getting by could be pushed into poverty, and the poorest families could face levels of deprivation that have not been seen for decades," said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director.