UN Report: 14 Million People In Latin America And The Caribbean Are At Risk Of Hunger Due To The Coronavirus Pandemic

Colombia: the COVID-19 pandemic has made Venezuelan migrants like Dayana ever more vulnerable. Photo: WFP/Mathias Roed

NPR: 14 Million People In Latin America, Caribbean At Risk Of Hunger, U.N. Report Says

The coronavirus pandemic has put nearly 14 million people in the Caribbean and Latin America at risk of missing meals, according to a report released Wednesday from the U.N.'s World Food Programme.

The virus has spread quickly in the region in recent weeks, with Latin America surpassing Europe and the United States in its daily numbers of new coronavirus cases reported.

The Americas have become the "epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic," the Pan American Health Organization said earlier this week.

Health officials have even warned of a potential humanitarian crisis in Haiti due to a rising number of cases.

Brazil, the largest country in Latin America, now has the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world.

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WNU Editor: The UN report is here .... Coronavirus puts 14 million people at risk of missing meals in Latin America and the Caribbean (WFP).