Real Madrid is committed to the fight against the coronavirus in Spain. The club announced on Thursday that it had transformed its Santiago-Bernabeu stadium into a supply center to store medical supplies needed to fight the Covid-19 epidemic. "All this equipment will be handed over to the Spanish health authorities, under the authority of the state government, in order to allow optimal and efficient use of these resources in the current health emergency," said the club merengue in a press release.
El @RealMadrid y el @deportegob impulsan un gran centro de aprovisionamiento de material sanitario en el Santiago Bernabéu. # EsteVirusLoParamosUnidos | #YoMeQuedoEnCasahttps: //t.co/7cKRQOKTEI
- Real Madrid CF⚽ (@realmadrid) March 26, 2020In addition to making its premises available, Real Madrid "will offer entities and businesses, in particular those linked to sport, the possibility of sending financial or material donations to this center that they deem appropriate to give to the ministry. of Health ”. The Spanish club also specifies that the government will be in charge of the distribution of donations.
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