Argentine Lionel Messi, the Barcelona star of Spain, donated 50 respirators to hospitals in his hometown of “Rosario” in Argentina, as part of his keenness to fight the Corona virus in his country, and according to the Catalan newspaper “Sport”, the Messi charity has sent the devices to hospitals In Rosario, there is another donation to the Garhan Hospital in the capital, Buenos Aires.
The newspaper indicated that Messi knew that hospitals in Rosario were suffering from a severe shortage of respirators, so he donated this number of devices, and the first batch of 32 devices arrived out of a total of 50 devices he donated.
The number of injuries in Argentina nearly reached 250,000, while the number of deaths exceeded 4,600 people due to the global epidemic.
Devices donated by Messi–
Messi led his Barcelona team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League by beating Napoli 3-1 in the round of 16, second leg, after a 1-1 draw in the first leg.
It is known that the quarter-finals of the tournament will be held from one match only, as well as the semi-final round due to the circumstances of the Corona pandemic, provided that the remaining matches in the Champions League will all be held in the Portuguese capital Lisbon.
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