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Sunday, June 28, 2020

Coronavirus lockdown could lead to 214,000 extra babies in the Philippines

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Covid-19 restrictions have made family planning services unreachable and overwhelmed and could result in highest birth rate for 20 years

The Philippines’ strictly enforced coronavirus lockdown has severely disrupted access to family planning services and could lead to the highest number of births in the country in two decades, it has been warned.

Movement restrictions imposed in March prevented both patients and medical staff from reaching clinics for months, and are now causing shortages of condoms and other contraceptives in some areas, according to health workers.

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