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

Danssanin Lanizou, 30, right, sits with her husband, Yakouaran Boue, as their one-month old daughter, Haboue Solange Boue, receives medical treatment for severe malnutrition at the feeding center of the main hospital in the town of Hounde, Tuy Province, in southwestern Burkina Faso on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Boue used to sell onions to buy seeds and fertilizer, but then the markets closed. “I’m worried that this year we won’t have enough food to feed her,” he said. “I’m afraid she’s going to die.” (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

FILE - In this Saturday, June 27, 2020 file photo, a doctor checks a malnourished newborn baby inside an incubator at Al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. Coronavirus restrictions on movement have blocked the distribution of aid, along with the stalling of salaries and price hikes. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Fatima Li, 20, foreground, holds her two-year-old son, Hama Sow, as he is treated with a feeding tube for malnourishment, as Hadiara Ouedraogo, left, sits with her granddaughter, Fatimata Ouedrago, 2, who has edema due to severe malnourishment, at Yalgado Ouedraogo University in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Monday, June 22, 2020. In Burkina Faso one in five young children is chronically malnourished. Food prices have spiked, and 12 million of the country’s 20 million residents don’t get enough to eat. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

One-month old Haboue Solange Boue, awaiting medical care for severe malnutrition, is held by her mother, Danssanin Lanizou, 30, at the feeding center of the main hospital in the town of Hounde, Tuy Province, in southwestern Burkina Faso on Thursday, June 11, 2020. With the markets closed because of coronavirus restrictions, her family sold fewer vegetables. Lanizou is too malnourished to nurse her. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

One-month old Haboue Solange Boue sits on the lap of her mother Danssanin Lanizou, 30, right, as a nurse inserts an intravenous drip into her arm to treat her for severe malnutrition at the feeding center of the main hospital in the town of Hounde, Tuy Province, in southwestern Burkina Faso on Thursday, June 11, 2020. All around the world, the coronavirus and its restrictions are pushing already hungry communities over the edge, cutting off meager farms from markets and isolating villages from food and medical aid. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Nafissetou Niampa, 14, who struggles to breathe due to a heart condition, is treated for malnutrition at Yalgado Ouedraogo University in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Monday, June 22, 2020. Coronavirus-related movement restrictions limited her family's ability to make money to pay for medicine and buy food. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

FILE - In this Saturday, June 27, 2020 file photo, a medic checks a malnourished newborn baby inside an incubator at Al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. A UNICEF report predicted that the number of malnourished children could reach 2.4 million by the end of 2020, a 20% increase. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Estimated number of people who will go without food early in 2021. Chart shows the most vulnerable countries ranked from highest to lowest.;

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2019 photo, mothers hold their babies suffering from malnutrition as they wait at a UNICEF clinic in Jabal Saraj, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, severe childhood malnutrition spiked from 690,000 in January 2020 to 780,000 — a 13% increase, according to UNICEF. Food prices have risen by more than 15%, according to the World Food Program. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2019 file photo, Osmery Vargas, who is malnourished, cries in a hammock as she and her 7-year-old sister Yasmery Vargas wait for their mother to return from begging in the street for money and food in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Even before the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, inflation had rendered many salaries nearly worthless and forced millions to flee abroad. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Girls push children in a cart near the market in the town of Hounde, Tuy Province, in southwestern Burkina Faso on Thursday, June 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)