No work, no food: Coronavirus pandemic deepens global hunger

An estimated 270 million people are expected to face potentially life-threatening food shortages this year - compared to 150 million before the pandemic - according to analysis from World Food Program

The economic catastrophe set off by Covid-19, now deep into its second year, has battered millions of people. In South Africa and many other countries, far more have been pushed over the edge.
 
An estimated 270 million people are expected to face potentially life-threatening food shortages this year — compared to 150 million before the pandemic — according to analysis from the World Food Program, the anti-hunger agency of the United Nations. The number of people on the brink of famine, the most severe phase of a hunger crisis, jumped to 41 million people currently from 34 million last