Almost 2 billion people depend on health care facilities without basic water services, warn WHO & UNICEF
Lack of water puts health care workers and patients at higher risk of COVID-19 infection
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Three billion people globally lack handwashing facilities at home: UNICEF
The situation is also alarming at schools: 43 per cent globally (70 per cent in least developed countries) lack a handwashing facility with water and soap, affecting hundreds of millions of school-age children, according to the estimates.