Coronavirus crisis could double number of people suffering acute hunger - UN Report from UN World F
Coronavirus crisis could double number of people suffering acute hunger - UN
Report from UN World Food Programme and others warns 265m people are facing acute risk
Fiona Harvey, Environment correspondent,The Guardian
Tue 21 Apr 2020 10.00 BSTLast modified on Tue 21 Apr 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/21/global-hunger-could-be-next-big-impact-of-coronavirus-pandemic?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco
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The coronavirus crisis will push more than a quarter of a billion people to the brink of starvation unless swift action is taken to provide food and humanitarian relief to the most at-risk regions, the UN and other experts have warned.
About 265 million people around the world are forecast to be facing acute food insecurity by the end of this year, a doubling of the 130 million estimated to suffer severe food shortages last year.
“Covid-19 is potentially catastrophic for millions who are already hanging by a thread,” said Dr Arif Husain, chief economist at the World Food Programme.
“It is a hammer blow for millions more who can only eat if they earn a wage. Lockdowns and global economic recession have already decimated their nest eggs. It only takes one more shock – like Covid-19 – to push them over the edge. We must collectively act now to mitigate the impact of this global catastrophe.”
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