LOCKDOWN : 5000 TEENAGERS IMPREGNATED IN TWO MONTHS

NEARLY 5 000 teenage girls got pregnant while close to 2
000 were married off in the first two months of the year, in what experts
believe was a result of idleness and school closures caused by the Covid-19
lockdown.

The Government imposed a Level Fou…

NEARLY 5 000 teenage girls got pregnant while close to 2 000 were married off in the first two months of the year, in what experts believe was a result of idleness and school closures caused by the Covid-19 lockdown. The Government imposed a Level Four lockdown at the beginning of the year resulting in the postponement of school opening. According to a report by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs,