2 Pregnant school children from Bulawayo reportedly committed suicide after falling pregnant during the COVID-19 lockdown due to lack of psycho-social support to help them cope with their situations, The Herald reports.
This was revealed by legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi Mushonga in parliament when she said:
I must say that we are going to have a baby boom in 2021 because of what happened with lockdown. We are having a lot of reports of young girls that have become pregnant and the psychological support is important
As we speak right now, in Bulawayo we have had two girls that have committed suicide because the psycho-social support does not exist. We are happy that we have $123million and the discussion now is, how do we create the necessary support system to ensure that those kids are supported.
According to official reports, close to 500 schoolgirls fell pregnant during the COVID-19 induced lockdown that saw schools closing for 6 months.
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