Baby Deaths Soared During Lockdown, Children’s Services Watchdog Reveals

Baby Deaths Soared During Lockdown, Children’s Services Watchdog Reveals
A newborn baby in the maternity ward at Frimley Park Hospital, in Frimley in Surrey, England, on May 22, 2020. Steve Parsons - Pool/Getty Images
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Deaths among Britain’s babies soared during the country’s first lockdown and amid the ongoing CCP virus pandemic according to a children’s services and education watchdog.

Between April and October, 64 children suffered non-accidental harm, eight of which died as a result, Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman of Ofsted revealed on Friday.