Global disruption of supply chains impacts food security
People are seen following social distancing rules as they wait in a line outside a Biocoop grocery in Fontenay-sous-Bois as the spread of the coronavirus continues in France, April 20, 2020.
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted supply chains, prompting incidents of price gouging along with higher prices for fruits and vegetables around the world. How are poorer countries absorbing the costs? And, Israel’s Supreme Court has weighed in on the country’s controversial COVID-19 digital tracking program. Also, dozens of French dentists are stripping down naked in their offices to protest the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the coronavirus crisis.
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