These are not happy times for Manchester United star, Cristiano Ronaldo, and his partner, Georgina Rodríguez, as they announced the death of their newborn son in a joint statement posted Monday on social media.
Ronaldo and Rodríguez wrote on Twitter on Monday:
It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that our baby boy has passed away.
It is the greatest pain that any parents can feel.
The birth of their baby girl, the twin of their deceased baby boy, gives them the strength to live with “some hope and happiness,” Ronaldo and Rodríguez wrote. The pair did not share a cause of death.
In October, Ronaldo and Rodríguez announced on social media they were expecting twins.
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They wrote in the statement on Monday.
Our baby boy, you are our angel.
We will always love you.
Meanwhile, child mortality rate remains a global concern despite a reduction in the figure. According to the World Health Organization’s reports:
The total number of under-5 deaths worldwide has declined from 12.6 million in 1990 to 5.0 million in 2020.
Since 1990, the global under-5 mortality rate has dropped by 60%, from 93 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 37 in 2020. This is equivalent to 1 in 11 children dying before reaching age 5 in 1990, compared to 1 in 27 in 2020.
The infant mortality (death before age 1) rate in several part of the world was 5.6 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2019, according to reports by the World Health Organization (WHO).
