Italian designer Giorgio Armani has donated 1.25 million euros to four hospitals and the national Civil Protection Agency to help tackle Italy’s coronavirus outbreak.
In just over two weeks the number of recorded cases in Italy has surged to 7,375 with 366 deaths, straining the health system.
Antonio Pesenti, head of the Lombardy regional crisis response unit, said the region’s health system was “a step away from collapse” as intensive care facilities came under growing pressure from the new cases.
On Sunday, the government imposed a virtual lockdown on the northern region of Lombardy and parts of neighbouring Veneto to try to curb the spread of the virus in Italy, the hardest-hit country in Europe.
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