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The coronavirus could double severe hunger around the world to 265 million people without 'swift action,' a UN report warns

, which said that 135 million people are already severely hungry and face starvation.

"COVID-19 is potentially catastrophic for millions who are already hanging by a thread. It is a hammer blow for millions more who can only eat if they earn a wage," Arif Husain, senior economist at WFP, said in a statement. "In my conversations with world leaders over the past many months, before the coronavirus even became an issue, I was saying that 2020 would be facing the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II for a number of reasons," Beasley said.

 

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RegSprecher cc Alice_Weidel Sind die Weizenspeicher in Deutschland genau so bescheiden gefüllt wie die Maskenlager? Was macht Deutschland eigentlich um die Ernährungslage HIER IM LAND sicher zu stellen? Vermutlich bis Herbst schnarchen, oder?

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