57 minor girls found Covid-positive in Kanpur shelter home, 5 of them pregnant, 1 HIV+

'Fifty-seven minor girls have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at a state-run children’s shelter home in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, with five of them found to be pregnant and one HIV positive. Since the information was confirmed, the UP administration has gone into a frenzy, even as officials said the pregnancies began before the lockdown. The shelter home has been sealed, and its staff quarantined. Addressing the media Sunday evening, Kanpur District Magistrate Brahma Deo Ram Tiwari said there were seven pregnant girls living in the home, and five of them tested positive for Covid-19. He said these girls were already pregnant when they were brought to the shelter home on the recommendation of child welfare committees in different districts, and investigation under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act is going on in all these cases...'