Unicef warns lockdown could kill more than Covid-19 as model predicts 1.2 million child deaths
The risk of children dying from malaria, pneumonia or diarrhoea in developing countries is spiralling due to the pandemic and "far outweighs any threat presented by the coronavirus", Unicef has warned. In an exclusive interview Dr Stefan Peterson, chief of health at Unicef, cautioned that the blanket lockdowns imposed in many low and middle income are not an effective way to control Covid-19 and could have deadly repercussions.