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Experts see no proof of child-abuse surge amid pandemic

by AP National Writer
| June 28, 2020 8:03 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic took hold across the United States in mid-March, forcing schools to close and many children to be locked down in households buffeted by job losses and other forms of stress, many child-welfare experts warned of a likely surge of child abuse.

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