Current Affairs - Miscellaneous - Discussion

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) released its first report titled "Lives Upended How COVID-19 threatens the futures of 600 million South Asian children" focusing on the South Asian region on the impacts of COVID-19 on children states that around 240 million children are classified as poor and the current COVID-19 situation will affect an additional 120 million children, a total of 360 million children will be pushed into poverty and food insecurity in the next 6 months.