Hunger during the pandemic

Although the coronavirus pandemic has already killed 741.380 people over all these months, there is another big issue that's being forgotten: hunger; and it is not only just as bad as it was before the pandemic, but it is getting worse each day. Actually, according to authorities, the estimates for the end of 2020 is to double the actual number of people suffering from starvation.

Here are some important information about how people are dealing with this problem all over the world:

In the Democratic Republic of Congo 15 million people are dealing with food insecurities.

COVID-19 is deepening the hunger crisis in the world’s hunger hotspots and creating new epicentres of hunger across the globe. By the end of the year 12,000 people per day could die from hunger linked to COVID-19, potentially more than will die from the disease itself.

Before the pandemic, at least a million families in New York City were already struggling. When schools closed, many children lost their only meal of the day. (The New York Times)

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