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Orphans of the pandemic, invisible victims in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "In two weeks, I lost my father, my mother, and my grandfather." The same story is repeated throughout Brazil: thousands of children without parents because of Covid-19. They are the orphans of the pandemic, victims of an invisible tragedy still unanswered by public agencies.

At least 45,000 children and adolescents have been left without both parents during the pandemic, according to preliminary estimates by Brazil's Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA).

Julia, Valentina, and Heloísa are now in the care of their grandparents in the town of Jundiaí, in the interior of . . .

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