Abstract
This review study aims at discussing about the status of food security during COVID-19.The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is disrupting the world with a heavy toll on human lives and economic activities. Its rapid global spread is threatening to affect millions of people already made vulnerable by food insecurity, malnutrition and the effects of conflict and other disasters. It was a systemic review study regarding global food security status due to COVID-19. We gather total 29 articles and web portals information related to COVID-19 and food security using different search portal like PubMed, Google Scholar, Nature, and Lancet. After proper literature review only 9 literatures and web portals information which were related to this study were taken for this systemic review purpose. The devastating economic impacts of COVID-19 reinforce the need for investments that prevent future outbreaks of such infectious diseases, recognizing the interconnections between people, animals, plants and their shared environment - the One Health approach. Continued attention is necessary strengthen the resilience of food systems to such disease outbreaks but also to other shocks.
Keywords: Food Security, The Coronavirus Disease, COVID-19.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Irin Hossain
National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dhaka, Bangladesh
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i5.34
