In the wake of an increasing number ofchildrenbeing orphaned by the Covid-19 pandemic, the state department of Women and child development (WCD) has made it mandatory for Covidpositive patients to fill in the details of their children and the guardians to whom they should be handed over in the event of death of both parents. The details have to be filled up at the time of hospital admission. The state will also give Rs 2,000 per child per month to their caretakers along with the other facilities,Rekha Arya, state minister for women and child development said.