Italy has been facing a big crisis after coronavirus spread rapidly and infecting thousands of people in Italy that also causes thousand of death in the country. As various news states that Italy had surpassed China with the number of deaths caused by the pandemic. Now, the country is facing lockdown to prevent the virus from spreading even more.
Italy is also struggling with treating patients because of the lack of manpower and equipment. I've read in an article that Italian doctors have to choose whom to treat first because they cannot treat every patient at the same time. Aside from manpower, they are also lacking in medical equipment. The Italian Red Cross is seeking donations and even accepting bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for medical equipment.
Italian Red Cross launched its fundraising campaign last March 12. Donations flooded them and within three days it surpassed their target of $10,710. They used the donation to purchase materials needed to deploy the pre-triage facility. Even if it already surpassed its target, Italy's Red Cross continue its fundraising and set another goal of almost $26,000.
The crypto community also showed their initiative to support them in fighting the virus. They had pledged their contributions to the Italian Red Cross. With the donation, they will use it to purchase the core infrastructure and medical equipment. If the value of bitcoin increases, they will use the surplus to buy additional Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for their medical staff.
Source:https://cointelegraph.com/news/italian-red-cross-coronavirus-bitcoin-fundraiser-smashes-goal-issues-new-initiative/amp
We keep seeing good news and how people are helping each other in fighting the virus. There will always be good people who are willing to help but we still have to be careful in times like this because not everyone is willing to help. We still need to be cautious about scammers online because scammers won't disappear. If you're aware, there are scammers who are impersonating WHO to steal donation funds. I have created a thread about this issue, see the
link if you want to know about it.
If you want more information about the donation, you can check this link
https://app.helperbit.com/project/5e6a64ee84cb8662d901a29c/covid19-advanced-medical-post-for-pretriage-in-italy
PS: I'm not posting this to promote the site. I'm doing this to share news and information to everyone since this is the only thing I can do to contribute here in the forum. Thank you!
