Children and adolescents deeply impacted by COVID-19 pandemic, PAHO Director asserts
PAHO recommends measures to protect children from the pandemic’s indirect and direct effects, as more than 1.9 million children and adolescents reported being infected with COVID-19 in 2021.
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne said today that COVID-19 has severely impacted the mental and physical health of children and adolescents in the Americas. She urged countries to take several specific measures to protect them, including the safe reopening of schools.
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