Covid-19, by this time, has already become a pandemic worldwide. On April 21, the United Nations projected that due to Covid-19, the number of people facing severe food insecurity worldwide could double to 265 million. The same week, in the United States, the five-week total of job losses rose to a staggering 26 million, pushing millions more into food insecurity. Thus, ensuring food safety and health for all citizens is an essential mission of every government.
Initially, with a view to being aware of the whole situation, governments can require and instruct their citizens to fill in the health declaration, endeavor to stay up-to-date to the pandemic status in their nations. If needed, governments should begin nationwide social distancing, with the principle of every household, village, commune, district and province going into self-isolation to reduce the risk of infection.
Secondly, governments are to build on existing global mechanisms such as the Committee on World Food Security to prevent nutrition crises. Such entities provide platforms for policy discussions and a clearing house for guidance tools. Along with that, governments can establish or strengthen social protection to protect the most vulnerable who are dependent on feeding programs are most susceptible to food insecurity, such as elderly, handicapped and infants.
Finally, health services should be the first priority to provide medicines and necessary equipment for the infected ones. This must be opportune since it is likely to bring about danger to not only the patients but also the entire community. Only with it, governments are capable of handling this disastrous pandemic.
Covid-19, by this time, has already become a pandemic worldwide. On April 21, the United Nations projected that due to Covid-19, the number of
people
facing severe
food
insecurity worldwide could double to 265 million. The same week, in the United States, the five-week total of job losses rose to a staggering 26 million, pushing millions more into
food
insecurity.
Thus
, ensuring
food
safety and health for all citizens is an essential mission of every
government
.
Initially
, with a view to being aware of the whole situation,
governments
can require and instruct their citizens to fill in the health declaration, endeavor to stay up-to-date to the pandemic status in their nations. If needed,
governments
should
begin
nationwide social distancing, with the principle of every household, village, commune, district and province going into self-isolation to
reduce
the
risk
of infection.
Secondly
,
governments
are to build on existing global mechanisms such as the Committee on World
Food
Security to
prevent
nutrition crises. Such entities provide platforms for policy discussions and a clearing
house
for guidance tools. Along with that,
governments
can establish or strengthen social protection to protect the most vulnerable who are dependent on feeding programs are most susceptible to
food
insecurity, such as elderly, handicapped and infants.
Finally
, health services should be the
first
priority to provide medicines and necessary equipment for the infected ones. This
must
be opportune since it is likely to bring about
danger
to not
only
the patients
but
also
the entire community.
Only
with it,
governments
are capable of handling this disastrous pandemic.