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Global hunger could double due to COVID-19 blow, says UN

Kenya Mathare Valley

Genevam Switzerland/Washington DC, USReuters The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the United Nations’ World Food Programme said on Tuesday. The impact of lost tourism revenues, falling remittances and travel and other restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic are […]