Food, Nutrition and the Media

At the time of writing this introduction, the coronavirus outbreak has
become an international public health emergency of an unprecedented
global scale. Starting in mainland China, where the coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) was first reported from Wuhan, China, at the end of
December 2019, the disease soon reached other territories with significant
outbreaks in South Korea, Iran, Italy and other countries in Asia, Europe
and America. As of early March 2020, there are few domains where the
virus outbreak had no impact. Besides the growing amount of people
affected by the disease, the coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted
national and international economies with global stock markets tumbling
even as death toll climbs past 3000. The coronavirus is having a significant
effect on international tourism and aviation, as many countries and regions
have imposed temporary bans and introduced more strict border controls.
In Europe, the debate on migration is now linked to the virus, whereas in
Italy all schools and universities are temporarily closed. Major sports,
entertainment and other public events like those organized by the international cycling union (UCI) are threatened with cancellation due to the