UN World Food Program says the COVID-19 crisis has dramatically increased the number of starving people in Latin America, which could trigger a refugee exodus to North America if not addressed.David Beasley, the agency’s director, issued the warning as the Royal Canadian Air Force began Saturday to prepare to end its nearly two-week mission in which a mammoth C-17 Globemaster transport crisscrossed Central and South America and the Caribbean delivering tonnes of medical supplies.
How Canada’s first long-term coronavirus pandemic projections hold up today Beasley said there has been a 269 per cent increase in food insecurity in the region since the pandemic struck.Beasley tells The Canadian Press that 4.7 million people were already.