The COVID-19 pandemic is unravelling decades of health, education and other advances for children across South Asia, and governments must take urgent action to prevent millions of families from slipping back into poverty, UNICEF said in a new report released Tuesday.

With the current COVID-19 crisis unfolding, many of the 430 million children affected by school closures in South Asia are now in danger of dropping out of the education system, says UNICEF on Monday.