More Filipino families go hungry amid COVID19 crisis – SWS
MANILA - More Filipino families experienced hunger in the past 3 months, according to a Social Weather Stations survey released Thursday, as the coronavirus crisis raged across the country and brought economic activities to a standstill.
“This is nearly double the 8.8 percent in December 2019, and the highest since the 22.0 percent in September 2014,” SWS said in a statement. Metro Manila, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, appeared to suffer the brunt of the crisis. From 9.3 percent or 307,000 families, the hunger rate in the Philippine capital rose to 20.8 percent or 693,000 families.
The SWS noted that 99 percent of the families surveyed nationwide have received assistance from the government.
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