TACLOBAN CITY—The number of girls age 20 and below who gave birth in this city have decreased at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 compared to 2019, according to the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom).
Based on PopCom’s data, cases of teenage pregnancies in 2020 reached 350 compared to the 457 cases in 2019.
Cielito Esquibel, population officer in the city, said the strict COVID-19 restrictions played a big factor in the decrease of teenage pregnancies in Tacloban.”The pandemic somehow showed some positive effects as it resulted in a downtrend of teenage pregnancies in the city,” she said.
At the start of the pandemic, persons below 21 years old …
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