An additional 150 million children globally have been plunged into poverty since the Covid-19 pandemic hit earlier this year, taking the number of children living in multi-dimensional poverty across the world to approximately 1.2 billion, according to a new UNICEF analysis. The new analysis, which was done by the UNICEF and child rights organisation Save the Children and published on Thursday, reveals that the number of children living in multi-dimensional poverty - without access to education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation, or water - has increased by 15 per cent since the start of the pandemic. This means that an additional 150 million children have been plunged into poverty since the pandemic hit earlier this year, it said. The number of children living in multi-dimensional poverty has soared to approximately 1.2 billion due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the analysis said.

An additional 150 million children globally have been plunged into poverty since the Covid-19 pandemic hit earlier this year, taking the number of children living in multi-dimensional poverty across the world to approximately 1.2 billion, according to a new UNICEF analysis. The new analysis, which was done by the UNICEF and child rights organisation Save the Children and published on Thursday, reveals that the number of children living in multi-dimensional poverty - without access to education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation, or water - has increased by 15 per cent since the start of the pandemic. This means that an additional 150 million children have been plunged into poverty since the pandemic hit earlier this year, it said. The number of children living in multi-dimensional poverty has soared to approximately 1.2 billion due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the analysis said.