As feared among the many downstream impacts of the pandemic, early data show a decline in childhood immunizations that could reverse years of hard-won progress, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF said today.The global COVID-19 total climbed to 13,405,694 cases, and 580,552 people have died from their infections, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.Immunization coverage faltersIn May, health officials warned that the COVID-19 pandemic was disrupting routine vaccine services in 68 countries and called for joint efforts to safety deliver them.
And now, preliminary vaccine coverage estimates from the first 4 months of 2020 show a substantial drop in the number of children receiving all three doses of diphtheria, tetanus,