MORE than 3million Brits are going hungry because of the coronavirus crisis, experts claim. Self-isolation and unemployment due to the outbreak means many have gone without eating in the past three…
Self-isolation and unemployment due to the outbreak means many have gone without eating in the past three weeks.Credit: Press AssociationThe startling figures come from research carried out by the Food Foundation which found that drastic drops in income have pushed families to poverty, theResearchers said that six per cent of surveyed adults, the equivalent of 3million people, had gone without meals since the lockdown.
“On top of that, we have new problems around isolation and shortages — people are telling us they simply can’t get out to get the food they need.” Half of those surveyed said they were struggling with food because of supply problems caused by the pandemic.
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