Tomson Phiri, head of communications at the World Food Program, speaking from his base Geneva, said, "COVID-19 has not only wiped out lives, it has wiped out livelihoods as well. The number of people who are unable to put food on their table in Zimbabwes urban areas has increased from 30 percent during the same period in 2019 to 42 percent right now." 
A Tomson Phiri omwe ndi wa mkulu pankhani za kulumikizana ku bungwe laWorld Food Program poyankhura ndi a Geneva wati " COVID 19 sanachotse chabe miyoyo, wachotsanso zothandizira kukhala moyonso. Chiwerengero cha anthu a ku Zimbabwe omwe ali ndi kuthekera kopeza chakudya ku madera a ku tauni chakwera kuchoka pa anthu 30 kufika pa anthu 42 pa athu 100 aliwonse (chakwera ndi anthu 12 pa anthu hundred aliwonse) mu nyengo omweyi mu 2019.