{"id":91978,"date":"2020-04-22T07:30:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T11:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=91978"},"modified":"2020-04-22T06:37:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T10:37:16","slug":"cnn-coronavirus-pandemic-will-cause-global-famines-of-biblical-proportions-un-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=91978","title":{"rendered":"(CNN) Coronavirus pandemic will cause global famines of ‘biblical proportions,’ UN warns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The world is facing multiple famines of “biblical proportions” in just a matter of months, the UN has said, warning that the coronavirus pandemic<\/a> will push an additional 130 million people to the brink of starvation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Famines could take hold in “about three dozen countries” in a worst-case scenario, the executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a stark address on Tuesday. Ten of those countries already have more than 1 million people on the verge of starvation, he said.<\/div>\n
He cited conflict, an economic recession, a decline in aid and a collapse in oil prices as factors likely to lead to vast food shortages<\/a>, and urged swift action to avert disaster.<\/div>\n
“While dealing with a Covid-19 pandemic, we are also on the brink of a hunger pandemic,” David Beasley told the UN’s security council. “There is also a real danger that more people could potentially die from the economic impact of Covid-19 than from the virus itself.”<\/div>\n
The WFP had already warned that 2020 would be a devastating year for numerous countries ravaged by poverty or war, with 135 million people facing crisis levels of hunger or worse. Their updated projections nearly double that number.<\/div>\n

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The world is facing multiple famines of “biblical proportions” in just a matter of months, the UN has said, warning that the coronavirus pandemic will push an additional 130 million people to the brink of starvation. https:\/\/t.co\/TBqEwfbqPw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CNN (@CNN) April 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n