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Thousands more underfed children may die due to COVID

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Mary Wilson

Well-known member
by Reuters
Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:56 GMT

LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - An extra 10,000 children per month may die this year from malnutrition due to the COVID-19 crisis, the head of the World Health Organisation warned on Wednesday.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a U.N Food and Agriculture (FAO) conference that due to the pandemic he expected a 14% rise in cases of severe child malnutrition this year - or 6.7 million more people - mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia.

https://news.trust.org/item/20201014120832-q62z5/
 
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