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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]The emergence of the coronavirus pandemic in late 2019, and its associated disease, COVID-19, left an indelible mark on the world. Beyond its immediate health implications, the pandemic has threatened progress in reducing global poverty and income inequalities. Of particular concern is the long-term impact on children in areas such as education, mental health, and protection from exploitation. These challenges have further hindered progress toward achieving the United Nations<\/a>’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/a>, including SDG 1 (No Poverty)<\/a>, SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being)<\/a>, SDG 4 (Quality Education)<\/a>, and SDG 5 (Gender Equality)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

COVID-19 pandemic: Facts, FAQs, and how to help<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
Fast facts: Coronavirus and COVID-19<\/a><\/li>\n
What do I need to know about the coronavirus and COVID-19?<\/a><\/li>\n
Is the coronavirus worse than the flu?<\/a><\/li>\n
World Vision’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.?<\/a><\/li>\n
World Vision’s response to the coronavirus pandemic worldwide?<\/a><\/li>\n
How many people has World Vision supported during the pandemic?<\/a><\/li>\n
What has been the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children?<\/a><\/li>\n
How has the pandemic affected sponsored children?<\/a><\/li>\n
How can I help people made more vulnerable by emergencies like the pandemic?<\/a><\/li>\n
Resources to learn more about COVID-19<\/a><\/li>\n
2025 update on COVID-19 and timeline<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Fast facts: Coronavirus and COVID-19<\/h2>\n
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Global statistics:<\/strong> As of January 2025, over 777 million COVID-19 cases and 7 million deaths have been recorded worldwide since December 2019.<\/li>\n
U.S. statistics:<\/strong> While data was collected from January 2020 to March 2023, the United States led globally with nearly 104 million reported cumulative cases<\/a> and more than 1.1 million recorded deaths<\/a>.<\/li>\n
The virus and its variants:<\/strong> SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19, was identified on December 31, 2019. Variants such as Omicron continue to evolve, with some being more transmissible than earlier strains.<\/li>\n
Child poverty:<\/strong> In just two years, an estimated 100 million more children<\/a> have fallen into poverty, a 10% increase since 2019. Today, an estimated 356 million children live in extreme poverty.<\/li>\n
Child marriage risks:<\/strong> Up to 10 million more girls are at risk<\/a> of becoming child brides due to the pandemic.<\/li>\n
Education disruption: <\/strong>Over 1.6 billion children worldwide experienced school closures at some time during the pandemic, leading to significant learning losses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nBACK TO QUESTIONS<\/a><\/p>\n
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What do I need to know about the coronavirus and COVID-19?<\/h2>\n
Coronaviruses are a family of viruses named for crownlike spikes on their surfaces. COVID-19 is an infectious respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, which spreads through respiratory droplets <\/a>from coughs, sneezes, or speech.<\/p>\n
COVID-19 <\/strong>symptoms<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> Fever, cough, difficulty breathing, chills and shaking, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, or a loss of sense of taste or smell. Severe cases can lead to pneumonia and severe acute respiratory syndrome.<\/p>\n
Variants: <\/strong>New variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, will continue to evolve as they spread and replicate. Some disappear. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tracks<\/a> and continues to monitor variants.<\/p>\n
Learn more from the CDC’s latest update on COVID-19 vaccines and boosters.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
BACK TO QUESTIONS<\/a><\/p>\n
Is the coronavirus worse than the flu?<\/h2>\n
COVID-19 is more infectious and severe than the flu, with a higher mortality rate and limited preexisting immunity. While both are contagious respiratory illnesses, the novel coronavirus causes more widespread and prolonged disruptions to health and society, according to the CDC.<\/p>\n
BACK TO QUESTIONS<\/a><\/p>\n
World Vision’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.?<\/h2>\n
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, World Vision acted quickly to support vulnerable families across the U.S. by distributing Family Emergency Kits in key locations, including Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle. Each kit included essential supplies — nutritious food for a family of five for a week, along with hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, first-aid antiseptic, paper products, and children’s games and school supplies — helping families during this challenging time.<\/p>\n
Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, we distributed 87,600 Family Emergency Kits, serving more than 328,700 children and adults through our church partners as of February 1, 2024. In partnership with the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program, we also distributed more than 3.6 million Fresh Food Boxes to nearly 14.3 million people across the U.S. through a network of over 1,300 churches between May 2020 and May 2021.<\/p>\n
World Vision also supplied more than 3 million items of personal protective equipment to healthcare systems, first responders, and schools across the U.S., including a distribution to the Navajo Nation<\/a>.<\/p>\n
BACK TO QUESTIONS<\/a><\/p>\n
World Vision’s response to the coronavirus pandemic worldwide?<\/h2>\n
World Vision prioritized our COVID-19 response in every country where we work. Our global response<\/a> focused on four main objectives, with programs that were adapted based on context and local need:<\/p>\n
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Scaling up preventive measures to slow the spread<\/a><\/li>\n
Strengthening healthcare systems and workers<\/a><\/li>\n
Supporting children impacted by the effects of the pandemic<\/a><\/li>\n
Collaborating and advocating with partners to ensure that vulnerable children got the care they need<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
We served vulnerable populations in countries where the health systems and monitoring were weak; where people have been suffering from diseases common among impoverished populations, such as malaria<\/a>, tuberculosis<\/a>, pneumonia, HIV and AIDS<\/a>, and Ebola;<\/a> or where severe malnutrition compromised immune systems.<\/p>\n
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How many people has World Vision supported during the pandemic?<\/h2>\n
World Vision has supported more than 99 million people globally to stay safe during the pandemic with supplies and information about protecting themselves from COVID-19, including handwashing, social distancing, mask usage, hygiene practices, and vaccines. As of September 2022, marking the end of our program’s reporting, here are response highlights:<\/p>\n
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Partnered with more than 207,614 faith leaders<\/strong> to ensure vulnerable families have information on COVID-19 prevention and care and vaccines.<\/li>\n
Distributed more than 12.8 million supplies<\/strong>, including handwashing materials, hygiene kits, and cleaning kits, to keep communities safe.<\/li>\n
Established or maintained nearly 297,000 facilities<\/strong>, like community handwashing stations, school toilets, household latrines with handwashing facilities, clean drinking water systems, and community drainage systems, to limit the spread of COVID-19.<\/li>\n
Reached more than 54 million people with health interventions<\/strong>, including preventative behavior and vaccine messaging, safe quarantine and\/or isolation spaces, and transportation support and services.<\/li>\n
Trained 291,430 community health workers<\/strong> in COVID-19 prevention measures, including vaccines.<\/li>\n
Aided more than 5.2 million people with educational materials<\/strong>, support, or training so children could keep learning during pandemic-related school closures.<\/li>\n
Helped more than 13 million people in 64 countries<\/strong> with cash and vouchers or food assistance.<\/li>\n
Supported over 1.9 million children<\/strong> with child protection activities.<\/li>\n
Assisted more than 5 million people<\/strong> with psychosocial support or age-specific health information, education, and communication materials.<\/li>\n
Equipped people and communities to recover and thrive<\/strong> during COVID-19 through VisionFund<\/a>’s microfinancing, recovery loans, and savings groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Vaccines play a critical role for the most vulnerable <\/strong><\/p>\n
In 2022, World Vision reached more than 10.5 million people, including 4.2 million children, with support for vaccine programs and interventions to reduce the pandemic’s indirect impacts on the most vulnerable people.<\/p>\n
Globally and through our local staff, World Vision has extensive experience confronting pandemics, supporting vaccination programs, and improving child health. We worked alongside our partners to implement immunization campaigns and ensure communities understood the benefits of a COVID-19 vaccination. The availability of COVID-19 vaccines for vulnerable people globally will continue to enormously benefit the hundreds of millions of children whom the pandemic has negatively impacted by giving them a lifeline to return to their childhoods. Vaccines are a game changer for children, as they allow kids to resume school and families to recover their livelihoods.<\/p>\n
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What has been the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children?<\/h2>\n
The pandemic has had profound and lasting effects on children worldwide, impacting their health, education, and overall well-being. For many children in developing countries, the effects of the pandemic have also increased poverty, hunger, and the risk of child marriage, child labor, gender-based violence, and exploitation.<\/p>\n
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An estimated 5.2 million children worldwide have lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to COVID-19.<\/li>\n
In 2021, experts estimated that an additional 8.9 million children will have engaged in child labor by the end of 2022 due to rising poverty driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/li>\n
Following abrupt drops in household incomes; disruptions to the supply of affordable, nutritious foods; and interruptions to health, nutrition, and social protection services, up to 15% more children suffered from wasting in 2020 compared with projections for 2020 without COVID-19.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The pandemic also ushered in new challenges for children’s mental health or intensified pre-existing mental health issues.<\/p>\n
World Vision, in partnership with War Child, examined the impact of COVID-19 on the mental and psychosocial well-being of children living in conflict-affected countries, including Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jordan, Lebanon, and South Sudan. According to the 2021 study<\/a>, the number of refugee children who said they needed mental health support had more than tripled because of COVID-19.<\/p>\n
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How has the pandemic affected sponsored children?<\/h2>\n
World Vision worked diligently to help protect children from the indirect effects of the COVID-19 disease, like hunger and extreme poverty. Through our child sponsorship programs, we:<\/p>\n
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Assessed local situations and responded in the most appropriate ways<\/li>\n
Trained staff, community volunteers, and partners on the prevention of COVID-19 and access of care and treatment<\/li>\n
Worked with local health authorities and community organizations to spread accurate information about COVID-19, including the importance of vaccination when available, to families and communities<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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How can I help people made more vulnerable by emergencies like the pandemic?<\/h2>\n
You can help bring hope to people who have been made more vulnerable by crises like the pandemic.<\/p>\n
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Pray<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> Join us in praying for all those affected by this pandemic and its lasting impacts.<\/li>\n
Give<\/a>: <\/strong>Your gift can help deliver hope and meet practical needs of children and their families during emergencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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