32 children orphaned due to Covid pandemic in Delhi, says child rights panel chief

As many as 32 children have been orphaned due to Covid-19 pandemic in Delhi, according to the child rights panel. The panel has identified 16 children who lost their parents during the second wave of the pandemic.  

The Delhi child rights panel has identified 32 children who have been orphaned during the Covid pandemic in the national capital. Ten more children, living with single parents, have lost them, said Commission for Protection of Child Rights chief Anurag Kundu. "Sixteen children have been identified who lost their parents during the second wave. We have been enquiring about them whether they require medical attention, ration, counselling, immunisation etc,” said DCPCR member Ranjana Prasad. “We are providing them the help they ask for," she added.