London (AFP)
Irish mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor announced on Twitter on Wednesday that he will donate € 1 million to buy protective gear for healthcare workers in his country battling the coronavirus pandemic.
"Today I buy, for an amount of one million euros, personal protective equipment which will be distributed in all the hospitals in the Leinster region engaged in the fight," said the Irishman on the network. social. The region is "the most affected" by the disease, said McGregor.
Its publication is a response to the letter he received from the Minister of Finance, in which Paschal Donohoe urged him to convince his 7.9 million followers to practice social distancing, intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
"I feel like we're on the right track, but I just feel like we're not going all the way," McGregor wrote to the government of the Republic of Ireland.
"I implore you: go to the end! + Thoroughly + is the term we must use in these circumstances. + Little by little + will cost us lives," continued the star of MMA.
The coronavirus has caused more than 20,500 deaths and nearly 450,000 contaminations, according to a count made Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. GMT (8:00 p.m. French) by AFP, from official sources.
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