MILAN — The city of Milan and the Lombardy region have been hit the hardest by the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, reporting 14,649 who tested positive for the virus and 1,420 dead as of Monday. So much so that a new hospital dedicated to patients affected by COVID-19 is being set up in the former fairgrounds in Milan. The hospital is expected to feature more than 400 intensive care units.
The Lombardy region and Fondazione Fiera Milano have already begun to set up the space and the hospital, covering 270,000 square feet, is expected to be ready in about 10 days.
Help is already flocking in. Moncler is donating 10 million euros to the project. “Milan is a city that has given us all an extraordinary [life],” said Moncler chairman and chief executive officer Remo Ruffini. “We cannot and must not abandon it. It is everyone’s duty to give back to the city what it has given us so far. I have expressed to the councilor Giulio Gallera the will to work on this great project from the moment it was imagined and now that there are reasonable certainties on the feasibility, we are ready to support it. I am sure that the
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