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Coronavirus leads to mass hunger, killing 10,000 children a month, UN warns

Coronavirus leads to mass hunger, killing 10,000 children a month, UN warns

Coronavirus-related starvation is leading to the death of 10,000 children a month, 50 percent of which are in Sub-Sahara Africa, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). An additional 550,000 children a month area experiencing “wasting,” a term used by the U.N. to explain malnutrition that leads to spindly limbs and distended stomachs.

 

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