Donatella Versace and her daughter Allegra donate £183,000 to a Milan hospital as Italy struggles to fight coronavirus
Donatella Versace and her daughter Allegra have announced they have donated €200,000 to help fight the coronavirus.
The fashion designer, 64, took to Instagram on Friday to tell fans they had pledged the generous funds to intensive care unit of Milan’s San Raffaele hospital.
The pair, who live in the north Italian city, praised the work of medical staff and emergency services workers for their ‘heroic’ efforts as she made the £183,000 donation.
Joining the fight: Donatella Versace and her daughter Allegra have announced they have donated €200,000 to help tackle the coronavirus
The businesswoman penned: ‘In times like this, it is important to be united and support however we can to help all those who are in the front lines, fighting every day to save hundreds of lives.’
‘This is why, Allegra and I have decided to make a personal donation of €200,000 to the intensive care department of San Raffaele hospital in Milan.
‘Our hearts go out to all those who have been affected by this disease and to all the doctors and medical staff who have been working heroically non-stop in the past weeks in the effort to take care of our loved ones.’
Kind: The fashion designer, 64, took to Instagram on Friday to tell fans they had pledged the generous funds to Milan’s San Raffaele hospital
‘This is when we, as a society, need to stand together and care for one another.’
Italy currently has more COVID-19 cases than any other country but China, with its hospitals and health care workers overwhelmed with patients.
The entire nation is currently on lockdown in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus.
Support: Georgio Armani, who held his Milan fashion show behind closed doors last month, is donating $1.4 million to hospitals in Milan and Rome to fight coronavirus
Last week, another Milan-based designer, Giorgio Armani, donated £1.2 million to help tackle the virus’ outbreak.
The health system in Milan’s Lombardy region is said to be ‘a step away from collapse’ as intensive care facilities come under enormous pressure and the death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise.
Armani donated the money to three Milan-based hospitals as well as Rome’s Spallanzani hospital and the Civil Protection Agency, a company spokeswoman said on Monday.
Urgent: The health system in Milan’s Lombardy region is said to be ‘a step away from collapse’
He also announced his company was putting off its Cruise collection fashion show which had been due to take place in Dubai in mid-April.
The designer had held his Milan fashion show behind closed doors last month.
Versace and Gucci have also cancelled plans to host Cruise 2021 fashion shows in the United States.
Prada and Chanel decided last month to postponed shows due to take place in Asia in May.
Lockdown: Schools, universities, theaters, cinemas, and nightclubs in the city are closed with religious and sporting events suspended