School closures bringing problems By JONATHAN POWELL in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-07-29 09:28 A boy has his temperature checked before entering the Stara Rescue Centre and School during the reopening of schools, for the delayed academic year 2021, amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya, July 26, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] School closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic are still affecting more than 600 million children in countries where they are not on an academic break, said the United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF. The closures mean "education, safety, friends and food have been replaced by anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy", the agency said.