UN chief warns COVID19 pandemic could spark global food emergency
The world is facing an "impending global food emergency" that could impact hundreds of millions of people as the coronavirus pandemic threatens already strained supply chains, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday.
"More than 820 million people are hungry," he said. "Some 144 million children under the age of five are stunted –- more than one in five children worldwide." Guterres called for better protection for workers in the food sector, for humanitarian aid deliveries to be safeguarded and for support for food producers and distributors to avoid interruptions to the supply chain.
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