Hunger is More Dangerous than Covid_19
Many people in middle-income countries who were on the breadline are also said to have been_tipped over the edge_by the crisis of Coronavirus Pandemic...!
This is more than the peak global #Covid_19 death rate of 10,000 per day in April...!
The 10 hunger hotspots highlighted include Afghanistan,Syria & South Sudan - where the situation is most severe...!
For Example inAfghanistan_a million more people are said to have been pushed to the brink of famine-rising from 2.5 million in September 2019 to 3.5 million in May 2020...!
Experts says it is down to border closures hitting food supplies and the economic downturn in Iran causing a drop in remittances...!
Experts also says middle-income countries such as India_Brazil & South Africa are *emerging epicentres of hunger* with millions of people *tipped over the edge* by the social & economic effects of the crisis...!
$18bn has been paid to shareholders by eight of the biggest food and beverage firms this year...!
They says that amounts to more than 10 times the funding needed for food and agriculture assistance to the most vulnerable communities in the United Nations Coronavirus appeal...!
The knock-on impacts of COVID-19 are far more widespread than the virus itself, pushing millions of the world's poorest people deeper into hunger and poverty...!
Governments could save lives by funding the UN COVID-19 appeal and *&supporting the call for a global ceasefire to end conflict in order to tackle the pandemic*...!
Tens of millions in South Africa had been *pushed to the very edge* by the virus pandemic, with those struggling to feed their family now involved in a *grim battle for survival* amid widespread job losses...!
The pain is felt all over as millions of immigrants from nations like Zimbabwe_Mozambique & Malawi struggle to feed themselves in South Africa and fail to send remittances to their loved ones back home...!
During all this Coronavirus Pandemic Pakistan Started first to feeding their People by Giving millions of rupees in Cash to fight with this Hunger Pandemic that's why in Pakistan Death rate due to Hunger is Very low during this Coronavirus Crisis Period...!
