Children are one of the most vulnerable groups amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has sickened over a million people worldwide. In addition to the risk of infection, any form of social disruption as a result of the outbreak is expected to have a bigger impact on children's well-being, requiring more targeted government measures to minimize.
A child walks past an empty cage used to store goods in Harare, Zimbabwe, on April 5, 2020. Zimbabwe is under lockdown in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. With limited resources at their disposal, developing countries face greater uncertainty at a time when the pandemic has brought the most developed parts of the world to a standstill. /AFP
An Indian police officer distributes masks to children of migrant daily wage laborers during lockdown in Jammu, India on March 28, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a 21-day lockdown that began on Wednesday and put millions of Indians who live off daily earnings out of work. India's finance ministry announced a 22-billion-U.S.-dollar economic stimulus package that will include delivering grains and lentil rations for three months to 800 million people, around 60 percent of the world's second-most populous country.
A child covers his nose as soldiers fumigate to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus on the outskirts of Asuncion, Paraguay on March 30, 2020.
Primary school pupils watch their teacher on a projector screen at a school in Budapest, Hungary, on March 31, 2020. The school provides day care to a small number of children whose parents have to work or cannot stay at home for other reasons even during the lockdown. /AFP
A child bicycle lies next to hopscotches sketched on the ground in a public park during a partial lockdown in Brussels on March 29, 2020. Outdoor activities have been prohibited globally to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, and experts warn that the extraordinary measures taken amid the pandemic could lead to trauma and adverse psychological reactions.