Coronavirus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month

Virus Outbreak Starving Children

Hunger linked to coronavirus is leading to the deaths of 10,000 more children a month over the first year of the pandemic, according to an urgent call for action from the United Nations.

More than 550,000 additional children each month are being struck by what is called wasting — malnutrition that manifests in spindly limbs and distended bellies – said the UN report shared with the Associated Press ahead of its publication in the Lancet medical journal..