Oxfam has warned that, by the end of the year, "12,000 people per day could die from hunger linked to Covid-19 - potentially more than will die from the disease itself".
The charity says a number of factors will cause an increase in hunger, including mass unemployment, food producers dealing with lockdowns, and difficulties distributing aid.
Their report identifies 10 "hunger hotspots": Yemen, DR Congo, Afghanistan, Venezuela, West African Sahel, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Syria, Sudan, and Haiti.
Source: BBC
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