Chu, Dinh-ToiThi, Hue VuAl-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.Memish, Ziad A.2023-08-302023-08-302022Chu DT, Thi HV, Al-Tawfiq JA, Memish ZA. Children orphaned by COVID-19: A grim picture and the need of urgent actions. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2022;50:102446. doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102446https://hdl.handle.net/1805/35228The COVID-19 had caused as a global pandemic and resulted in enormous burdens. In addition, faced with the proliferation of SARS-CoV 2 variant strains, this pandemic is continuing unremitting. The world seemed to focus primarily on middle-aged and elderly deaths, however the interest of the impact of COVID-19 on children is limited. Scientists have estimated that orphanhood and caregiver death related to COVID-19 had increased twice in the last six months compared with the first 14 months of the pandemic. Orphans face directly the health consequences.en-USPublisher PolicyOrphansSARS-CoV 2COVID-19Article