Recently, according to the website of The Sacramento Observer (The Sacramento Observer) of the United States, a newly released report shows that 200,000 children in the United States have lost their parents to the new crown epidemic.
When young orphans face such unfortunate tragedy, many elderly grandparents have to take on the role of primary caregivers.
Among these "new crown orphans", children of color account for a higher proportion.
Statistics show that non-white children in the U.S. have the highest proportion of lost caregivers.
Nationally, non-Hispanic black children and Hispanic children are 2.4 times and 2.5 times more likely to lose their caregivers than white children, respectively.
And American Indian or Alaska Native children, Native Hawaiian children and Pacific Islander children had the highest rates of caregiver loss, almost four times as high as white children.
(produced by Liu Peng)
Responsible editor: [Liu Xian]