The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. The impact of lost tourism revenues, falling remittances and travel and other restrictions linked to the coronavirus ...
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged the world’s 20 largest economies (G20) during health ministers’ virtual meeting to support global response to the coronavirus pandemic and eliminate trade barriers. On Sunday, G20 health ministers held a video conference to discuss the global fight against the coronavirus. In a joint statement ...