Coronavirus Poverty
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Coronavirus reversed a decade of progress helping world’s poor, minister saysAs welcome as a vaccine will be, it won't cure the damage the global COVID-19 pandemic inflicted over the course of this year.CanadaDec 19, 2020
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Canada pledges $400M in global humanitarian aid to help combat coronavirusPrime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will commit an additional $400 million in development and humanitarian spending to combat COVID-19.CanadaSep 29, 2020
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Worst impacts on poverty from coronavirus crisis ‘still to come,’ UN expert saysA legal scholar appointed by the UN said the economic downturn resulting from the pandemic is unprecedented in times of peace since the Great Depression in the 1930s.WorldSep 11, 2020
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Coronavirus is causing 10,000 more children to die of hunger per month globally: UNAll around the world, the coronavirus and its restrictions are pushing already hungry communities over the edge, cutting off meager farms from markets and isolating villages from food and medical aid.WorldJul 28, 2020
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World’s most remote locations see rise in coronavirus cases — Timbuktu is one of themCOVID-19 first arrived in Mali back in March, when two cases emerged -- one in the capital of Bamako, where international flights land, and the other in Kayes, a city with strong ties to the Malian diaspora in Europe.WorldJul 1, 2020
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Many more Canadians going hungry as coronavirus pinches economy: StatsCanThe novel coronavirus has ravaged the national economy, and more Canadians are going hungry as a result, Statistics Canada announced Wednesday.HealthJun 24, 2020
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Coronavirus: Short supply of medical oxygen worldwide leaves many gasping for airIn wealthy Europe and North America, hospitals treat oxygen as a fundamental need, much like water or electricity. But in poor countries, from Peru to Bangladesh, it is in lethally short supply.WorldJun 24, 2020
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Across the world, coronavirus hits poor neighbourhoods harder. Here’s whyAcross the world, poor neighbourhoods of big cities have suffered far more from the coronavirus than better-off ones.HealthMay 20, 2020
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Coronavirus: $90B could support 700M of world’s poor, UN official saysMark Lowcock told a video briefing most experts agree that the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t reached the poorest parts of the world, but may peak in the next three to six months.WorldApr 28, 2020
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