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South Asia faces fresh health crisis as children miss vaccinations | Malay Mail

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ISLAMABAD, April 28 — South Asia could face a further public health crisis as children miss routine vaccinations, the UN warned today, spurring fears that the fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic might reverse hard-earned gains in the region. The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF...

Tuesday, 28 Apr 2020 07:46 PM MYT

The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said hundreds of thousands were at risk as lockdowns across South Asia halted immunisation drives and parents refrained from taking their children to doctors to be inoculated. Vaccine stocks were also running low in some countries in the region thanks to lockdowns and travel bans which have disrupted supply chains.

 

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