Giorgio Armani donates over 1 million to fight coronavirus.

Giorgio Armani is donating $1.4 million to help in the fight against coronavirus in his native Italy.

The 85-year-old fashion designer's business group want to help in the fight against the vast-spreading COVID-19 - which has infected more than 9,000 and killed 450 in the country - so are handing over 1.25 million Euros.

The money will go to three hospitals in Milan, one in Rome, and the Civil Protection Agency.

The donation has been given amid reports the health system in the Lombardy region is "a step away from collapse", with intensive care facilities struggling to cope with the huge influx of patients, and supplies diminishing as a result.

Italy has been placed on lockdown, with the public required to show a genuine need to travel outside the areas where they live, in a bid to contain the virus.



Full story at Female First.