A study published by The Lancet magazine revealed that, in the almost two years that the coronavirus pandemic has coronavirus, More than 5.2 million children and adolescents around the planet lost their fathers, mothers or representatives as a result of the viral disease30,300 of them in Argentina.
This statistical report is called “Global minimum estimates of the number of children affected by orphanhood associated with coronavirus” and was developed by experts from the University of Oxford, in England. In this, the mortality rate of the virus in 21 countries of the world.
The sample data, which is still in the development phase, covers the first 19 months of the coronavirus pandemic. coronavirus in the world, but it was divided into two timelines: from March 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021 and from May 1, 2021 to October 31, 2021.
During this last period, the incidence of orphan cases due to COVID-19 increased abysmally compared to the first 12 months of the pandemic, which shows that the proliferation of variants of the coronavirus and disparity in access to vaccines skyrocketed the global death rate.
How many children were orphaned by the coronavirus
In general terms, 5,200,300 minors were affected by the loss of their parents or caregivers since the arrival of the pandemic; 3,367,000 of them were completely orphaned as a result of respiratory disease.
In addition, the sample indicated that 3,550,000 boys and girls lost one of their parents or primary caregivers (mother, father or guardians), while 1,650,300 minors experienced the death of a second-line relative, also called a secondary caregiver ( grandparents or uncles).
Since the respiratory infection was first reported in the city of Wuhan, China, in late 2019, the coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of 5,941,637 people and has infected 433,616,970.
