Thousands Line Up to Get Free Food at Distribution Site in US (+Video)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Aerial footage of San Antonio Food Bank distribution shows massive number of people lining up to get free food as a stark reminder of items needed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Lines of cars snaked around the Forum arena in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood Friday to pick up groceries being handed out by a food bank. Drivers stayed in their vehicles as volunteers placed the groceries in the trunk or back seat.
The United States, now the pandemic's epicenter, became the first country to record more than 2,000 virus deaths in one day, with 2,108 fatalities on Friday according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.
With almost 18,600 deaths overall, the US is closing in on the 18,849 dead in Italy, which has the most fatalities so far in the pandemic.
Facing an unprecedented demand from families out of work, the US food banks are finding themselves competing with busy grocery stores for the supplies they need, and organizers fear their food banks could run out of food completely within the next three weeks.