The world of sport is mobilizing in the fight against the coronavirus. Shortly after the donation of one million euros from Roger Federer in Switzerland, the famous MMA fighter, Conor McGregor, announced that he would also donate one million euros. The sum will be used to purchase protective equipment for healthcare personnel from their country fighting the pandemic.
"Today I buy, for an amount of one million euros, personal protective equipment which will be distributed in all hospitals in the Leinster region engaged in combat", said the Irishman on the network social. The region is "the most affected" by the disease, said McGregor.
Thank you sincerely for your message, Minister Paschal Donohoe.
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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 going the right way, 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 should use in these circumstances. "Little by little" will cost us lives, "continued the MMA star.
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