Inter donated 100,000 euro to support COVID-19 research

Inter donated 100,000 euro to support COVID-19 research

Inter and its president Steven Zhang donated 100,000 euro to the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences of the “L. Sacco” Hospital in Milan.

The donation, as intended by the club and its president, supports the research activities of the Department. The “L. Sacco” Hospital is a centre of excellence and it has distinguished itself in the past few weeks for having identified the first 3 complete genomes, obtained from Italian isolates of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in Lombardy.

Inter’s donation will help the ongoing analysis of further genomes, which will allow obtaining more precise estimates of the virus entry into Italy and possible ways of spreading it.

As a shareholder in Chinese real estate company Suning Holdings Group, which owns Inter and has offices in China, president Steven Zhang has first-hand experienced the COVID-19’s devastating effects. “Inter has a strong bond with the city of Milan and is proud of the dedication with which all the staff of the Sacco Hospital is working to deal with this exceptional situation,” said Zhang.

“Since the beginning of the Coronavirus emergency, we have followed with particular attention and apprehension the evolution of the situation, both as a club and as a shareholder, stressing in all locations as the only priority was public health and safety. It is for this reason that Inter feels the duty to support the Sacco Hospital,” he concluded.

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FC Internazionale and Steven Zhang have made a donation to the L. Sacco Hospital's Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences

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