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Landmine toll still high amid concerns over COVID-19 impact on clearance efforts

Landmine toll still high amid concerns over COVID-19 impact on clearance efforts

Nov 13, 2020, at 03:47 pm

New York: Thousands of people continue to be killed and injured every year by landmines and explosive weapons in conflicts around the world, while the COVID-19 pandemic has forced mine-clearance efforts to be scaled back, a  UN-backed civil society report on the issue said on Thursday.