Africa: Geneva Palais Briefing Note On the Current Covid-19-Induced Education Crisis

Geneva — This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

"Even with schools in the northern hemisphere closed for the summer, more than 600 million children in countries not on academic break are still affected by school closures.

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