Maverick Vinales Donates COVID-19 Test Kits To Spanish Care Home

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales has tried to help his local community in Spain, one of the worst hit countries in Europe by the novel coronavirus outbreak. According to reports, Vinales has purchased a significant amount of COVID-19 test kits to allow Spanish care home Residencia Europalau to test all staff and residents for the virus on a regular basis. Vinales has already donated masks and protective screens to University Hospital de Girona Doctor Trueta and Hospital de Santa Caterina, both located in Girona, in Catalonia, Spain.

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The Spanish care home said in a post on social media, "From the Europalau Residence, we want to especially thank the contribution of Maverick Vinales who has provided us with COVID-19 antibodies test kits and will allow us to test to workers and users. The management, all staff and residents thank you. Thank you so much, Maverick."

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Valentino Rossi has paid a generous contribution to Marche Nord Hospital, where he has been previously treated for injuries

In Italy too, Valentino Rossi has lent a helping hand to hospitals to overcome the coronavirus outbreak by donating to the Marche Nord Hospital in Pesaro, Italy. Rossi, along with some entrepreneurs from the Marche region, has contributed to a fund, "Together with Marche Nord" to purchase new respirators for the Marche Nord Hospital. Elsewhere, in Turin, MotoGP rider Francesco "Pecco" Bagnaia and his fan club have also joined the cause, raising funds for the Molinette Hospital in Turin.

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