"Exceptionally dire": Secondary impacts of COVID-19 could increase global poverty and hunger

MORE THAN 240,000 people worldwide have already died of Covid-19, and before the pandemic finishes, it could kill hundreds of thousands, even millions, more. But the final toll is destined to be far higher than just those who die of Covid-19. Experts warn that deaths from secondary impacts — poverty, hunger, diseases, and violence exacerbated by the pandemic — may dwarf the number of those who die of the novel coronavirus itself.

A new analysis by researchers from King’s College London and Australian National University, under the aegis of the...