An estimated 4,000 children aged below five could die in Nepal in the next six months due to COVID-19 crisis, warns UNICEF

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to weaken the health systems and disrupt routine services due to lockdowns, curfews, transport disruptions, fear of infections in the community, an estimated 4,000 children aged below five could lose their life in Nepal alone over the next six months, the UNICEF said.

An analysis by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, newly published in The Lancet Global Health journal, based on the worst of three scenarios (in 118 low and middle-income countries estimates that 1.2 million deaths could occur globally in just six months.