Covid-19 crisis leaves 700,000 children without sufficient food in Italy – report

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The coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic hardship has left 700,000 children under 15 years of age in Italy without enough food, the country’s biggest farming organization has warned.

“The number of children under the age of 15 who need help to get milk or food to eat has risen to 700,000,” the farmers organization Coldiretti said in a statement released on Sunday, which was Mother’s Day in Italy.

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