UN Warns Of Critical Child Vaccination Campaigns Disruption Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
“We are talking about three big diseases: diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus”,
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Two United Nations agencies have warned that the spread of the coronavirus pandemic has led to a dramatic fall in the numbers of life-saving child vaccinations around the world, which could lead to a spike in deaths from illnesses that could have easily been treated. “We are talking about three big diseases: diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus”, FRANCE 24’s international affairs editor Philip Turle reports.
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