"I'm starving now": World faces unprecedented hunger crisis

They were already in danger because of climate disruption and locust swarms.

https://news.yahoo.com/im-starving-now-world-faces-224051093.html

Debora Patta
,CBS News•May 2, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has left the world facing an unprecedented hunger crisis. The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has warned that by the end of the year, more than 260 million people will face starvation – double last year's figures.

"In a worst-case scenario, we could be looking at famine in about three dozen countries," warned WFP director David Beasley. He said the world could face multiple famines "of biblical proportions within a few short months."

Oil prices have collapsed, tourism is drying up, and overseas remittances – foreign workers transferring money to their families in other countries – on which many people depend for survival, are expected to decline sharply.

There's "a real danger that more people could potentially die from the economic impact of COVID-19 than from the virus itself," Beasley said.

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"I'm afraid of getting sick, and I'm afraid of starving."

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