The World Food Program, WFP, Executive Director David Beasley alerted the UN Security Council with a statement of a real possibility of a huge famine that will affect in the coming months some 135 million people. 

To these, he said, "we have to add, according to WFP forecasts, another 130 million human beings who will suffer hunger as a direct consequence of the current coronavirus pandemic."

The regions that would be affected are, of course, located in the third world where there are a n accumulation of old problems such as forced displacement due to conflicts and natural disasters.

The report presented by David Beasley cites among the countries that will be most affected Yemen, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Syria and Haiti.

The alarming WFP report stated that: "If we cannot reach these people with the vital aid they need, our analysis shows that 300,000 people could be starving to death every day for a period of three months." A prevision that does not include those affected by the coronavirus.

For his part, Arif Husain, chief economist of the WFP, estimated that this year the agency will need 12,000 million dollars, compared to 8,300 last year, to face the serious situation they are about to face.