People queue for food handouts in Brooklyn, New York. The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many millions in cities. File photo: AP People queue for food handouts in Brooklyn, New York. The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many millions in cities. File photo: AP
People queue for food handouts in Brooklyn, New York. The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many millions in cities. File photo: AP
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Hunger could kill more people than Covid-19 this year

  • Covid-19 has exposed some of the world’s deepest inequalities: who gets to eat and who doesn’t
  • By the end of the year, as many as 12,000 people could die a day from hunger linked to Covid-19, Oxfam says

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Bloomberg
Bloomberg

Updated: 2:18am, 2 Sep, 2020

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People queue for food handouts in Brooklyn, New York. The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many millions in cities. File photo: AP People queue for food handouts in Brooklyn, New York. The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many millions in cities. File photo: AP
People queue for food handouts in Brooklyn, New York. The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many millions in cities. File photo: AP
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