UN warns on home violence due to lockdowns

By Foster Klug and Mari Yamaguchi
Updated April 6 2020 - 6:13pm, first published 6:08pm
Officials around the world are urging people to continue with social distancing and staying at home.
Officials around the world are urging people to continue with social distancing and staying at home.

With more than 1.2 million people infected with the coronavirus, the UN chief has appealed for "peace at home" out of concern domestic violence was rising as the social and financial toll of the pandemic deepened.

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