The coronavirus pandemic is likely to double the number of people facing acute hunger this year, according to a new report from the World Food Program that details how the virus – and the resulting lockdowns – will exacerbate conditions in some of the world’s poorest nations.
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Children collect grain spilt on the field from gunny bags that ruptured upon ground impact following a food drop from a plane at a village in Ayod county, South Sudan, where World Food Programme (WFP) have just carried out a food drop of grain and supplementary aid on Feb. 6, 2020.
