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(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 03 - One million surgical masks from the city of Guangzhou and assigned to the Civil Protection to face Covid-19. This is the result of a partnership between Stefano Ricci Spa and the Lyu family through the Richl company, with the support of Apogeo who has made its logistical services available free of charge to allow the import of the masks.
The company explains in a statement that "thanks to the sensitivity expressed by the patron of the Richl company, DatoLouis Lyu Desheng, a Chinese entrepreneur residing in Singapore, it was in fact possible to find the material in China and forgive it for the Italian Civil Protection. The load was made available to the authorities and delivered to the Chinese airport for handling customs procedures and for distribution entrusted to Italian institutions ".
"It is - we can still read - one of the interventions put in place by Stefano Ricci to combat Covid 19 in various areas of the world. In recent weeks, in fact, the Florentine company has donated ten respirators to the Italian Civil Protection through its Shanghai offices".
"As a family and as entrepreneurs - Niccolò and Filippo Ricci declare that with their parents Stefano and Claudia lead the Fiorentina company - we have chosen a path that puts the health of our collaborators and employment retention first. At the same time we have taken steps to carry out targeted interventions to bring help. concrete to those who need it most ". The transaction was coordinated by Laurent Negrin on behalf of the Lyu and Stefani Ricci family (ANSA).