he number of children plunged into poverty due to the coronavirus pandemic has increased by 150 million, analysis by Unicef and Save the Children has found.
The increase in the number of children living in deprivation in low and middle-income countries means the total has soared to approximately 1.2 billion children.
According to the charities, 45 per cent of children were severely deprived of at least one of six critical needs, which include education, healthcare, housing, nutrition, sanitation and water, in 70 countries analysed before the pandemic hit.
