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mo4ch:>Over 1,000 line up for FREE FOOD in Geneva amid coronavirus lockdown (PHOTOS) | Mo4ch News

More than 1,000 people queued up in Geneva to get free food parcels. The anti-coronavirus measures that have been in place since mid-March have taken a heavy toll on the country’s poor.Hundreds of people turned out to get free food from charities in one of the world's leading financial centres, typically associated with wealth, on Saturday. As those gathered had to follow the social distancing rules, the procession stretched for more than 1.5km (a mile).Those most eager to receive food assistance began lining up in a file starting as early as at 5:00 am, according to the Caravane de Solidarite association, the main organizer of the event. It’s the sixth time the group has been doling out food since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, head of the organization, Silvana Mastromatteo, told AFP.She noted that the number of those seeking assistance has grown with each time.  “At the end of the month, my pockets are empty. We have to pay the bills, the insurance, everyt…