JAMBI - Sad news came from Jambi. Due to COVID-19, as many as 128 children lost their biological parents. They are scattered in regencies/cities in Jambi Province.

The secretary of the Jambi Population and Civil Registry Social Service, Fadli, said that his party would provide assistance every month. Currently, the local government continues to record the number of children.

"So at this time, we, together with the social services in regencies and cities throughout Jambi Province, continue to record children whose parents died due to exposure to COVID-19 and together with the team in the field continue to process data in the field which then assesses the veracity of the data", Fadli explained when confirmed, cited from Antara, Thursday, September 16.

Fadli does not deny that this child's data will increase every day. The Social Service has promised to provide assistance of IDR 300.000 to each child per month.

Data on the distribution of children who lost their biological parents include 10 people in Muaro Jambi Regency, 37 people in Jambi City, 8 people in Sungai full, 5 people in Kerinci, 6 people in Batanghari, 16 people in Tanjabbar, 15 people in Bungo and 12 people in Sarolangun.

"We also have a special social center for children who take care of neglected children due to the COVID-19 pandemic, because it is included in the disaster category and of course it has an impact on the psychology of the child when the biological parent dies and it will be taken care of as well as possible while related to the child's school, of course, there is a respective authority in each district and city in Jambi Province", said Fadli.


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