Bags with food and essential products received from donations are seen ready to be distributed to people in need at Vernets ice rink in Geneva, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Geneva, Switzerland, May 9, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people queued up on Saturday to get free food parcels in Geneva, underscoring the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the working poor and undocumented immigrants even in wealthy Switzerland.
The line of people stretched for more than 1 km (half a mile) outside an ice rink where volunteers were handing out around 1,500 parcels to people who started queuing as early as 5 a.m.
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