ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “India’s devastating COVID-19 toll leaves heartbreaking wave of orphaned children | ABC News” – below is their description.
The death toll from India’s COVID-19 crisis is about 420,000 and no one is feeling that more than children who have lost both parents.
There are at least 3,621 children across India whose parents both died during the pandemic, according to data from India’s National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
But that official number might be a gross undercount.
One study estimates almost 120,000 children lost their primary caregiver during the pandemic.
South Asia correspondent James Oaten reports.
ABC News (Australia) YouTube Channel
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