Did the UN World Food Program warn of food shortages of "biblical proportions"?
Sunday, April 26, 2020
By Remaya Campbell
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United Nations World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley warned that the coronavirus pandemic is pushing the world towards famine “of biblical proportions” in an April 16 interview with The Guardian. The warning followed a report by the organization highlighting the increased threat to lower-income countries from the virus. The pandemic could double the world population at risk from starvation from 135 million to 265 million, the authors said.
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