UN Agencies Warn of , 'Looming Catastrophe' , As World Hunger Continues to Rise.
Al Jazeera reports that world hunger levels have continued to soar, threatening starvation and mass migration on an "unprecedented scale" in 2022.
On July 6, the Food and Agriculture Organization,
World Food Program and World Health Organization
released the 2022 U.N. food security and nutrition report.
According to the report, up to 828 million
people, nearly 10% of the world's population,
were impacted by hunger in 2021. .
That's 46 million more than in 2020
and 150 million more than in 2019.
WFP Executive Director David Beasley warned
that the rising price of food, fuel and fertilizers
threatens to push countries into famine.
There is a real danger these numbers will climb even higher in the months ahead, David Beasley, WFP Executive Director, via Al Jazeera.
The result will be global destabilization,
starvation, and mass migration on an
unprecedented scale. We have to act
today to avert this looming catastrophe, David Beasley, WFP Executive Director, via Al Jazeera.
The result will be global destabilization,
starvation, and mass migration on an
unprecedented scale. We have to act
today to avert this looming catastrophe, David Beasley, WFP Executive Director, via Al Jazeera.
Russia's war in Ukraine has disrupted exports,
pushed food and energy prices to record levels and
exacerbated COVID-related supply chain issues.
Russia's war in Ukraine has disrupted exports,
pushed food and energy prices to record levels and
exacerbated COVID-related supply chain issues.
Every year, 11 million people die due
to unhealthy diets. Rising food prices
mean this will only get worse, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
WHO Director-General, via Al Jazeera.
WHO supports countries’ efforts to
improve food systems through taxing
unhealthy foods, subsidising healthy options,
protecting children from harmful marketing,
and ensuring clear nutrition labels, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
WHO Director-General, via Al Jazeera.
WHO supports countries’ efforts to
improve food systems through taxing
unhealthy foods, subsidising healthy options,
protecting children from harmful marketing,
and ensuring clear nutrition labels, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
WHO Director-General, via Al Jazeera
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The move to reduce gap between second and booster dose came amid concerns regarding new strains of COVID-19 and a slow uptake of precautionary dose. DNA
India logged 18,930 new Covid infections taking the tally to 4,35,66,739, while the active cases increased to 1,19,457, according to the Union health ministry.. IndiaTimes
As the cases of the Covid-19 virus are once again on the rise in the country an Israeli health expert on Sunday said that India has a new sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron lineage of coronavirus, BA.2.75.
#Omicron #OmicronSubvariant #Covid-19inIndia
Many European countries are experiencing a surge in new COVID-19 infections, with the more transmissible Omicron subvariant BA.5 spreading across the continent.
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FDA Calls for Fall COVID Boosters , To Target Omicron Subvariants.
NBC News reports that on June 30,
the Food and Drug Administration asked vaccine makers to modify upcoming booster shots to target subvariants of Omicron.
The Omicron subvariants the agency wishes to target are BA.4 and BA.5.
Officials have called on vaccine makers Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna to produce bivalent vaccines, .
which are intended to target the original strain of COVID-19 as well as its subvariants.
As we move into the fall
and winter, it is critical that
we have safe and effective vaccine boosters that can
provide protection... , Dr. Peter Marks, FDA, via NBC News.
... against circulating
and emerging variants to prevent the most severe consequences of COVID-19. , Dr. Peter Marks, FDA, via NBC News.
As of the week ending June 25, Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 were responsible for 52% of all new cases of COVID-19.
Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, BA.1, the first variant of
Omicron, caused 0% of new cases.
Pfizer and Moderna have thus far
altered vaccines to target the
original strain of COVID-19 and BA.1.
which increased the immune response to earlier iterations, though both have waned in their efficacy against BA.4 and BA.5
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On world chocolate day let's learn how to make decorative chocolate art with the Academy of Pastry and Culinary Arts.
#Chocolate #WorldChocolateDay #APCA
MS Dhoni celebrates 41st birthday with wife Sakshi Dhoni and close friends in London. A video from the birthday celebration is making rounds on social media. Check out!
#MSDhoniBirthday #SakshiDhoni #DhoniInLondon
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde helps a woman constable who fainted while on duty outside the Thane Collector office. The video of the incident has now gone viral on social media. Watch the video to know more.
#EknathShinde #Maharashtra #Viralvideo
Twitter takes down Kaali poster tweet by filmmaker Leena Manimekalai amid outrage. Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai has reacted to the same. Watch the video to know more.
#Kaali #LeenaManimekalai #Twitter
First photo of Bhagwant Mann & Gurpreet Kaur is making rounds on social media. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Raghav Chaddha are among the guests at the low-key wedding. Watch video to know more.
#BhagwantMann #GurpreetKaur #BhagwantMannWedding
India has reported 7,495 new cases of Covid-19 and 434 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union health... IndiaTimes - Published Also reported by •DNA •Zee News
As India braces for a surge in Covid-19 cases, the country has reported 1,270 cases of the fast spreading Omicron variant of the virus.
#Omicron #Covid19 #CovidCases
US Jobless Claims , Reach Pandemic Low .
Amid an influx of new COVID-19 cases,
Fox Business reports the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits dropped to a pandemic low last week.
Amid an..
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