577 kids orphaned in 2nd wave
New Delhi, May 26: According to senior officials, the Ministry began investigating the issue of Covid orphans after messages for adopting them started flooding social media.
“We have been in touch with all states and asked them to identify Covid orphans from their districts. We have ascertained, from the data received, that there are currently 577 of them… Delhi, for instance, has one Covid orphan in this period,” an official said.
The officials did not reveal a state-wise break-up but said that several did not report even one case. Taking to Twitter, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani wrote that the Government is “committed to support and protect every vulnerable child due to loss of both parents to Covid-19”.
