A girl with no access to internet facilities and gadgets uses a microscope as she attends an open-air class outside a house with its walls converted into blackboards as schools remained closed at a village in the Indian state of West Bengal on September 13. Photo: Reuters
Opinion
Opinion
Covid-19’s impact on Asian children should give countries hoarding vaccines pause
- Asia is waking up to the pandemic’s silent and devastating impact on children and young people as the Delta variant smashes the myth of children’s immunity
- Lengthy lockdowns, closed schools and deaths in the family are also straining young people’s mental health even as wealthy countries corner the lion’s share of vaccines
A girl with no access to internet facilities and gadgets uses a microscope as she attends an open-air class outside a house with its walls converted into blackboards as schools remained closed at a village in the Indian state of West Bengal on September 13. Photo: Reuters
