Non Covid 19 Deaths From Coronavirus Pandemic Includes Death From Hunger
Do you die slowly from hunger or die quick from coronavirus. Millions of people around the world may have to choose between going out to earn enough money to eat or stay at home to prevent being infected with virus.
Non Covid 19 Deaths From Coronavirus Pandemic Includes Death From Hunger
Balancing The Risk From The Pandemic Includes Balancing The Risk From Non Covid19 Deaths Too
Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted treatment for cancer and heart disease. Many people isolated due to lockdown have increased mental health issues that could increase number of suicides. Even more fundamentally many millions of people around the world may have to choose between dying cause they cannot earn enough to eat or dying from the virus cause they have to go out to work.
The recovery from the pandemic requires the world to work together to eliminate it everywhere. However most countries are working to eliminate the virus in their own country. Importing the infection from around the world will remain a key risk for years even if a vaccine is found.
COVID-19 is deepening the hunger crisis around the world. The UN Secretary General has warned of an impending global food crisis. A global coordinated plan to fight the coronavirus pandemic is noticeable by its absence. Only united action will stop the pandemic triggering a catastrophic worldwide food and humanitarian crisis. There is an absence of political will to work together to eliminate the virus from every community not just your own back yard.
Developing countries are increasingly affected by the coronavirus pandemic but are ill equipped to cope with the impending humanitarian disaster. The Coronavirus pandemic is creating a humanitarian crisis of an enormous proportions. Many will die from the virus but many more may die from non covid19 causes like ill health and simply hunger.