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."
Tomson Phiri, ukuriye itumanaho muri gahunda y’ibiribwa ku isi,mu ijambo  yavugiye mu kigo cye i Geneve, yagize ati: "COVID-19 ntabwo yadutwaye ubuzima gusa, yanagabanije imibereho. Umubare w’abantu badashobora kubona ifunguro mu mijyi ya Zimbabwe yavuye kuri 30 ku ijana mu gihe muri 2019 bageraga  kuri 42 ku ijana. "