The hunger virus multiplies: Deadly recipe of conflict, COVID-19 and climate accelerate world hunger
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11 people are likely dying every minute from hunger, outpacing Covid fatalities
More than half a million people are living in famine-like conditions and are on the brink of starvation, according to a new Oxfam report published today. Conflict combined with the economic the impact of the pandemic and a worsening climate crisis has led to a six-fold increase in catastrophic levels of hunger since the beginning of 2020.
The report, The Hunger Virus Multiplies, estimates that as many as 11 people are dying of hunger and malnutrition each minute, 36 per cent more than the seven people dying around the world every minute as a result of Covid-19.
Global Coronavirus Death Toll Hits 4M and Climbing
8 Jul 2021
The global death toll attributed to the coronavirus pandemic has topped four million and is still climbing, according to figures released Thursday by Johns Hopkins University.
A live tracker of the virus collated by the university outlined 4,001,791 people have died and more than 185 million have been infected during the pandemic.
UPI reports some 40 percent of those deaths can be attributed to the three countries of the United States, Brazil and India. The U.S. leads the world in deaths with 606,218 followed by Brazil with 528,540 and India with 405,028.
While the U.S. missed President Joe Biden’s goal of getting at least one vaccine shot into 70 percent of American adults by the Fourth of July, deaths nationwide are down sharply to around 225 per day, from a peak of over 3,400 per day in January.
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Bangladesh: Delta fuels deadly COVID-19 surge amid crippling vaccine shortfalls
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Kuala Lumpur/Dhaka/Geneva, 06 July 2021: Urgent action is needed to increase COVID-19 vaccine supplies for Bangladesh as hospitals reach capacity and oxygen supplies run short across the country.
The deadly Delta COVID-19 variant is spreading fast in urban and rural areas across Bangladesh stretching the entire health sector beyond its limits. Hospitals in areas of Bangladesh bordering India are experiencing a sharp rise in infections and deaths.
In the capital Dhaka, around 78 per cent of infections have been identified as caused by the Delta strain according to the Government of Bangladesh. Nearly one in three people (29%) tested is positive with COVID-19 pointing to much higher infection rates across the country.
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