PAHO says women are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

A migrant woman and a child kiss during a rally to ask the Chilean government to regulate their immigration status before a new rule facilitating deportation, according to local media, is announced during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Santiago, Chile 12 April 2021. REUTERS / Ivan Alvarado / Fil Foto

SANTIAGO, March 2 (Reuters) – The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday that across the North and South America, the COVID-19 pandemic has put the most vulnerable at greater risk, and in a region filled with inequality, women have become disproportionate frame.

Reporting by Anthony Esposito

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