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(ANSA) - BOLOGNA, 04 MAY - A fundraiser renamed # raceagainstCovid, in favor of the Policlinico di Sant'Orsola diBologna. To organize it is Ducati, which has called together employees from the Bologna office and all the branches in the world, dealers, suppliers, partners, riders and enthusiasts.
The goal is to collect, by June 2020, the funds necessary to finance instrumentation, epersonal research of the Policlinico di Sant'Orsola in Bologna dedicated to the exclusive care of patients in convalescence post Covid-19.
"Faced with a tragedy such as that caused by the Covid19 virus - observes Claudio Domenicali, CEO of Ducati - you can remain motionless, paralyzed by terror, react quickly, precisely and in a coordinated way. Helping the health system in every possible way is the duty of every singletowner and also of the companies that are a fundamental part of the social fabric ".
The members of the Ducati board opened the collection, followed by many other employees. The cipher collection was then doubled by the company, reaching the amount of 100,000, the starting base of #raceagainstCovid.
"In all these weeks of Coronavirus emergency, our regional public health has received incredible demonstrations of support, in the face of overtime work, nurses and operators to whom we will always be grateful. -Comments the president of the Emilia Romagna Region Stefano Bonaccini - so close and lots of calls, from who could give so much and from whom less, but really a desire to remain united against the pandemic that continues today. This is why Ducati's initiative is just as beautiful and important ". (HANDLE).