Helplines flooded with calls as kids lose parents to Covid

With Covid deaths rising in the state, especially of those below 50 years, child helplines and NGOs are getting calls from relatives of children who have either been orphaned or lost a parent. The authorities are scrambling to initiate measures to take care of such children, reports Sruthy Susan Ullas.

Helplines flooded with calls as kids lose parents to Covid
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With Covid deaths rising in the state, especially of those below 50 years, child helplines and NGOs are getting calls from relatives of children who have either been orphaned or lost a parent. The authorities are scrambling to initiate measures to take care of such children, reports Sruthy Susan Ullas.