This comes even as several families that were excluded from social welfare schemes, following a lockdown to check the spread of covid-19 infections, are among the worst hit, living with hunger and on the brink of starvation Countries should ensure social protection for citizens as the covid-19 crisis will engulf some of the world’s poorest and most malnourished populations because of scarce resources, weak public health systems, and insufficient social protection, the UN said in a report released on Monday.
This comes even as several families that were excluded from social welfare schemes, following a lockdown to check the spread of covid-19 infections, are among the worst hit, living with hunger and on the brink of starvation.