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COVID-19: Prioritize school meals in plans to reopen classrooms, UN report says

COVID-19: Prioritize school meals in plans to reopen classrooms, UN report says

Jan 29, 2021, at 03:27 pm

New York: Although school feeding programmes are a lifeline for millions of boys and girls, nearly 40 billion in-school meals have been missed during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published on Thursday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Office of Research: Inocenti, and the World Food Programme (WFP).

UNICEF chief: Closing schools should be ‘measure of last resort’

UNICEF chief: Closing schools should be ‘measure of last resort’

Jan 13, 2021, at 05:10 pm

New York: The head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) underscored on Tuesday that “no effort should be spared” to keep children in school, as the coronavirus pandemic continues into a second year.