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7 April 2020

WFP News Video: Responding to COVID-19 While Reaching 87 Million People Including the Most Vulnerable Struggling in War Zones (For the Media)

It’s vital that at this time of global crisis WFP maintain its food assistance programmes which offer a lifeline to 87 million vulnerable people around the world. WFP’s top priority is to ensure it has the resources in place to meet the food and nutrition needs of the people that so depend on its assistance.
The pandemic is affecting countries in different ways. On behalf of the international community, WFP is providing real-time tracking of changes in the areas of food security, health access and markets in vulnerable countries. Monitoring will be complemented with early warning and security analysis of how the pandemic is impacting food and other vulnerabilities.
Broadcast quality footage available on request for accredited news organizations, please contact video@wfp.org