“Xavi Hernandez and Nuria Cunillera donated one million euros to #Clinic to deal with # COVID19. Thank you very much for your help and support for the #RespostaCoronavirus project (response to the coronavirus, in Catalan). All of us will get there! ”Tweeted the Barcelona Hospital Clinic on Saturday. “Nuria and I support the fight against the coronavirus at the Barcelona Clinical Hospital. Thanks to the donations he is receiving, the hospital has acquired equipment for patients and health professionals, "said legend blaugrana Xavi (40), now coach of the club. Al Sadd in Doha (Qatar), on a video relayed by the hospital's Twitter account.
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"You too, join the #RespostaCoronavirus! Come and make your donation on the Clinical Hospital website. All together, we will get there, ”added Catalan journalist Nuria Cunillera, his partner. Sports initiatives have multiplied in Spain, where Lionel Messi, Pep Guardiola, Pau Gasol, Rafael Nadal and now Xavi, among others, have made donations or coordinated support campaigns for the fight against the pandemic.
After Italy, Spain is the second most bereaved country in the world with 124,736 cases and 11,744 deaths linked to the new coronavirus. But the number of daily deaths fell for the second day in a row on Saturday, after the record 950 deaths in 24 hours Thursday.
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