UNITED NATIONS, United States: Some 67 million children partially or fully missed routine vaccines globally between 2019 and 2021 because of lockdowns and health care disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Nations said Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

"More than a decade of hard-earned gains in routine childhood immunization have been eroded," read a new report from the UN's children's agency, Unicef, adding that getting back on track "will be challenging."

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