Professional baseball Hiroshima OB Kuroda and Arai donate masks New Corona May 1 19:23
Hiroki Kuroda and Takahiro Arai, professional baseball players in Hiroshima OB, donated 70,000 masks to Hiroshima Prefecture to support medical institutions amid the spread of the new coronavirus.
The masks were donated by Hiroki Kuroda, who played in baseball / Hiroshima and major leagues, and achieved 200 wins in Japan and the United States, and Takahiro Arai, who contributed to his third consecutive victory in Hiroshima and achieved 2,000 hits in total. People.
I bought it from a goods manufacturing company in Hiroshima city, who has a friendship with Mr. Kuroda and also handles masks. There are 70,000 in total, and on the evening of the day, there is a cardboard box with a mask at the front entrance of Hiroshima Prefectural Office. It was loaded one after another.
Hiroshima Prefecture will distribute to designated infectious disease medical institutions and welfare facilities in the prefecture.
Mr. Kuroda commented, "It is now time for us to cheer to the medical staff and related personnel who are fighting invisible enemies on the front lines."
Mr. Arai commented, "I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all the medical staff who are at the forefront of fighting for their lives and at the expense of their time with their families."