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Coronavirus has established that America is not the most powerful. The country that was famous for its supremacy across the globe might have never thought that it would face defeat in the bio war. America is fighting war at many fronts and where scores of people are losing their lives the unemployment rate too is going high. People are now facing food crisis.
America has coronavirus at its peak and due to the pandemic 2.2 crore people are lost their lives. People do not have money to buy food and in such a situation food bank are coming up as a help for such people. But here also people have to struggle and have to wait for hours to get food. One can see long queue before the food bank and the cars are parked till long.
Due to lockdown industries have been closed and 2.2 crore people have lost their jobs. They are dependent upon donors to get food. On the other hand donors feel they might not be able to feed the people till long as the demand might go up.
There was a rise on 40% in demand for food packets in a food bank in Petersburg in Pennsylvania. In about 8 different food banks 227 ton food is being distributed as people find it difficult to get food. Every day thousands of cars come for food.
Vice president of the association Brayan Gulish says that it has happened for the first time that so many people are taking our services. Many of those coming to food bank had never come before. In fact people do not known that there are 350 food bank in southern Pennsylvania.
Food banks are reporting unprecedented demand across the US. Speaking on the long queues Gulish said that people do not know about other food banks hence they are coming to one only. They do not know our network is a big one. People have lost jobs and are heading towards food banks.
The worst picture of food insecurity came on April 9 from Sant Antonio where 10000 cars were parked outside a food bank. Many families had come in the night only. One of the woman outside the Chelsey food bank said she had no job since months.
The restaurants are closed in America and people are stocking items in their homes from supermarket. Some industrialists are coming forward to help food banks.
Coronavirus pandemic has made situation worst at many places and many countries are in economic crisis. If America one of the strongest economies is in trouble then what to say about others.
