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Messi, Ronaldo Donate 1M Euros to Hospitals to Combat COVID-19

Pep Guardiola has also given 1 million euros towards the purchase and production of medical supplies and equipment.

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Argentina football great Lionel Messi donated one million euros to a hospital in Barcelona to help fight the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

According to a report in goal.com, Messi made the donation to Hospital Clinic, a public hospital in Barcelona with the hospital confirming about the same on their official Twitter handle.

“Leo Messi makes a donation to fight against #Covid19 in the #CLÍNIC . Thank you very much Leo, for your commitment and your support,” said the tweet in English.

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Messi's former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola has also given one million euros towards the purchase and production of medical supplies and equipment with another Barcelona-based campaign.

 Pep Guardiola has also given 1 million euros towards the purchase and production of medical supplies and equipment.
Star Portugal footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and agent Jorge Mendes have also donated one million euros to fund intensive care units in hospitals in Lisbon and Porto.

Messi has been picked by FIFA along with 28 past and present football icons to spread an awareness campaign to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

FIFA and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up to combat the coronavirus (COVID -19) by launching a new awareness campaign as football calls on all people around the world to follow five key steps to stop the spread of the disease.

 Pep Guardiola has also given 1 million euros towards the purchase and production of medical supplies and equipment.
Apart from Sunil Chhetri and Messi, FIFA’s video campaign also includes past World Cup winners like Philip Lahm, Iker Casillas and Carles Puyol.
(Photo: AIFF)

"FIFA and its President Gianni Infantino have been actively involved in passing the message against this pandemic since the very beginning," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the virtual launch of the campaign at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

"Be it through campaigns or funding, FIFA has stood up to the coronavirus, and I am delighted that world football is supporting WHO to kick out the coronavirus. I have no doubt with this type of support that together we will win," he said in a FIFA release.

The 28 players, who are involved in the video campaign to be published in 13 languages, include the likes of India captain Sunil Chhetri and World Cup winners like German Philip Lahm, Spain’s Iker Casillas and Spanish defender Carles Puyol.

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