Babies born in the early part of the Covid-19 pandemic had gaps in their communication skills at age two because of their “very small social circles”, it is claimed.
Lockdown and other infection-control measures like face masks were detrimental to babies’ learning and they could now benefit from additional support, a new study from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland said.
The RCSI warned that pandemic-born tots were a “statistically relevant higher proportion at risk” of experiencing communication difficulties.
