Millions of Kenyans face hunger as COVID-19 pandemic ravages - new report
Millions of Kenyans face hunger as COVID-19 pandemic ravages - new report, A new report published by United Kingdom (UK's) aid research firm Development Initiatives has shown at least 3.6 million vulnerable Kenyans are likely to face hunger as a result of the pandemic
The Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2020 showed the group was in a global pool of more than one billion - 16% of the world’s population- facing a long-term humanitarian crisis.
The initiatives list most countries perennially in conflict as those where many people were facing starvation.
However, Kenya and Ethiopia were listed alongside South Sudan, Libya and the Central African Republic among those with medium-to-high-level of need.
The humanitarian crisis situation is such that millions need food and urgent medical aid.
They include Somalia, where 5.2 million people have been affected, Zimbabwe with 5.1 million people, Chad at 4.8 million, Cameroon at 4.4 million, Mali at 3.9 million and Kenya.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sudan, Niger, Chad, Nigeria, and Cameroon were identified to have the greatest need for humanitarian assistance.
The five countries were reported to have recently recorded more COVID-19 cases, stretching their health budgets.
The report further showed severe crisis situations with most people in humanitarian need were concentrated in countries located in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.
This situation is expected to get worse in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced the ability of top donor countries like the US, Germany, the UK, and Saudi Arabia to offer support.
“As the pandemic places additional demands on a strained humanitarian system, it is also eroding the capacity of governments and institutions to respond," read the report.
"The combination of these factors presents a perfect storm for a humanitarian system that is already under immense stress,” added the report.
Kenya's number of confirmed cases raced past the 19,000 mark and settled at 19,125 on Tuesday, Wednesday, July 29, after Health CS confirmed 544 had tested positive of the virus.
The CS said the cold weather could be responsible for the sharp increase in COVID-19 cases while noting the health infrastructure had not been overrun since the cases at a manageable rate.
Somalia is reported to have confirmed 3212 COVID-19 cases with 93 deaths and 1562 recoveries while Zimbabwe had confirmed 2879 cases with 41 deaths and 887 recoveries as of Wednesday.
Chad had confirmed 926 COVID-19 cases with 75 deaths and 813 recoveries while Cameroon had confirmed 17,255 cases with 387 deaths and 15,320 recoveries as of Wednesday.
In Mali, there were 2,521 confirmed cases with 1,927 recoveries and 124 deaths related to COVID-19.
Sudan, Niger, Nigeria and DRC recorded, on the other hand, confirmed 11,496, 1,134, 42,208, 8,931 respectively with 725, 69, 873 and 210 deaths according to Worldometer.
Globally, there are 17M confirmed case with recoveries standing at 9.92M and deaths at 666K
Millions of Kenyans face hunger as COVID-19 pandemic ravages - new report, A new report published by United Kingdom (UK's) aid research firm Development Initiatives has shown at least 3.6 million vulnerable Kenyans are likely to face hunger as a result of the pandemic
The Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2020 showed the group was in a global pool of more than one billion - 16% of the world’s population- facing a long-term humanitarian crisis.
The initiatives list most countries perennially in conflict as those where many people were facing starvation.
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| Millions of Kenyans face hunger as COVID-19 pandemic ravages - new report |
The humanitarian crisis situation is such that millions need food and urgent medical aid.
They include Somalia, where 5.2 million people have been affected, Zimbabwe with 5.1 million people, Chad at 4.8 million, Cameroon at 4.4 million, Mali at 3.9 million and Kenya.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sudan, Niger, Chad, Nigeria, and Cameroon were identified to have the greatest need for humanitarian assistance.
The five countries were reported to have recently recorded more COVID-19 cases, stretching their health budgets.
The report further showed severe crisis situations with most people in humanitarian need were concentrated in countries located in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.
This situation is expected to get worse in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced the ability of top donor countries like the US, Germany, the UK, and Saudi Arabia to offer support.
“As the pandemic places additional demands on a strained humanitarian system, it is also eroding the capacity of governments and institutions to respond," read the report.
"The combination of these factors presents a perfect storm for a humanitarian system that is already under immense stress,” added the report.
Kenya's number of confirmed cases raced past the 19,000 mark and settled at 19,125 on Tuesday, Wednesday, July 29, after Health CS confirmed 544 had tested positive of the virus.
The CS said the cold weather could be responsible for the sharp increase in COVID-19 cases while noting the health infrastructure had not been overrun since the cases at a manageable rate.
Somalia is reported to have confirmed 3212 COVID-19 cases with 93 deaths and 1562 recoveries while Zimbabwe had confirmed 2879 cases with 41 deaths and 887 recoveries as of Wednesday.
Chad had confirmed 926 COVID-19 cases with 75 deaths and 813 recoveries while Cameroon had confirmed 17,255 cases with 387 deaths and 15,320 recoveries as of Wednesday.
In Mali, there were 2,521 confirmed cases with 1,927 recoveries and 124 deaths related to COVID-19.
Sudan, Niger, Nigeria and DRC recorded, on the other hand, confirmed 11,496, 1,134, 42,208, 8,931 respectively with 725, 69, 873 and 210 deaths according to Worldometer.
Globally, there are 17M confirmed case with recoveries standing at 9.92M and deaths at 666K
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