Covid-19: AS Roma (Serie A TIM) donates 32,000 masks to key workers in the Italian capital

AS Roma (Serie A TIM) are donating 32,000 masks to key workers in the city of Rome (ITA), announced the club on 04/05/2020. A total of 28,000 FFP2 and FFP3 protective masks have already been issued by the Roman club to eight hospitals and medical centres in and around the Italian capital since the beginning of March 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in Italy (see below).

"On Monday (04/05/2020) morning, the club's chief executive Giudo Fienga and vice-president Mauro Baldissoni personally delivered the first box of Roma Cares materials to the Mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi. All of the masks being distributed by the club are washable and can be re-used up to 30 times. Thousands of masks donated by AS Roma have already begun to be distributed among those most at risk in the city," said the club.

"More than 4,000 masks have been distributed to local police officers, while 7,000 have been assigned to drivers and employees of Atac (the city's public transport organisation). Later this week, 17,000 masks will be delivered to various hospitals and critical health organisations…