NBC晚间新闻 新冠疫情将造成更大饥荒（在线收听）

While the global COVID death toll tonight tops 650 000, what's coming could be far worse. The World Food Program and three other U.N agencies predict mass starvation because of COVID's disastrous economic impact. The UN agencies say the 140 million people around the world on the brink of starvation now could rise to a staggering 270 million. This year if we don't get a social safety net program out there immediately in providing food, you will see mass starvation famines of biblical proportions. David Beasley the director of the World Food Program says children are the hardest hit, with 10 000 more dying every month.

In many countries no school means no food, leaving kids with weakened immune systems, which means they can be vulnerable not just to COVID, malaria, diphtheria, cholera. And the crisis will spread beyond the developing world the UN warns as hungry people move to survive. Do you think covid will lead to a new wave of mass migration coming toward the united states? There's no question in my mind. You will see migration heading toward the U.S border. The World Food Program is urgently calling for 4.9 billion dollars to stop COVID related hunger and famine.

今晚，虽然全球冠状病毒致死人数超过65万，但是接下来的情况可能更糟。世界粮食计划署和其他三家联合国机构预测，冠状病毒带来的灾难性经济影响将导致大规模饥荒。联合国机构表示，目前世界上处于饥饿边缘的1.4亿人可能上升到惊人的2.7亿。今年，如果我们不能在提供食物方面立即建立一个社会安全网，你会看到圣经中那样的大规模饥荒。世界粮食计划署主任大卫·比斯利说，儿童是受害最严重的，每个月都有1万多儿童死亡。在许多国家，没有学校就意味着没有食物，孩子们的免疫系统就会减弱。这意味着他们不仅容易感染新冠病毒，还有疟疾、白喉、霍乱。联合国警告说，随着饥饿的人们为生存而迁移，这场危机将蔓延到发展中国家之外。你认为新冠病毒会导致新一轮大规模移民前往美国吗？毫无疑问，在我看来，你们会看到移民向美国边境涌去。世界粮食计划署紧急呼吁49亿美元，以停止与新冠病毒有关的饥饿和饥荒。