Pandemic pain

The excruciating impact of Covid-19 has led to several relief plans and packages to help alleviate pandemic pain. Sadly, children somehow seem to be overlooked.

A resurgent novel coronavirus outbreak in Thailand that has infected more than 13,000 people (to be updated) forced schools nationwide to close to limit the risk of transmission among young ones and the larger community. But while keeping kids at home for remote learning lowered virus exposure, the perils of malnutrition, especially for children in rural areas, have risen to unprecedented levels.

“Thailand has been praised by the international community for … containing the spread of Covid-19. But when it comes to how we handle children, other countries are now keeping an eye on what Thailand is going to do,” said Asst Prof Kitti Sranacharoenpong,…