Vulnerable children hospitalised as Covid-19 stops intervention

Covid-19 has dominated child care proceedings in the second half of 2020, severely impacting how the proceedings themselves were conducted. File picture. 

The plight of vulnerable children has been wholly exacerbated by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, with some ending up hospitalised due to increased neglect and a decrease in intervention and services.

That is according to the Child Care Law Reporting Project (CCLRP), which published 48 cases where the state sought orders to take children into or keep them in care.