COVID-19: UN warns of potential health crisis among children

Warning comes as vaccination programmes are put on hold and pandemic blocks supplies of potentially life-saving drugs to millions.

The UN is warning of a potential health crisis among children as vaccination programmes are put on hold in many parts of the world.

The coronavirus pandemic is blocking supplies of potentially life-saving drugs to millions.

Many immunisation clinics are closed during lockdowns.

And some parents are reluctant to visit the ones that are open because of the fear of infection.

Al Jazeera’s Priyanka Gupta reports.