MILAN, March 31, 2020 – The National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani in Rome, San Martino General Hospital in Genoa and senior citizens’ homes in the city of Milan and the Piedmont region were the main recipients of a total of 70,000 FFP2 masks donated in complete transparency by Salini Impregilo (Webuild) and distributed by the Civil Protection Department in Italy. The donation made to the most vulnerable was the Group’s act of solidarity to the communities where it operates, providing the most important supplies to protect individuals at some of the key health institutions in the country on the front line in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19).

In this national emergency, it took just a matter of hours to contact each region and agree on the distribution of the masks across the country with the help of local officials and Civil Protection. The regions created a dedicated task force to coordinate with Civil Protection the distribution of the masks according to each region’s most pressing needs.

After the donation of the first 20,000 masks to senior citizens’ homes in Milan, as recently announced by Mayor Giuseppe Sala, Lazio Governor Nicola Zingaretti and the regional unit of Civil Protection coordinated the supply of 10,000 masks to the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani in Rome, which collaborates with the World Health Organization in research, diagnosis, training and response to highly contagious diseases. In collaboration with Liguria Governor Giovanni Toti and Giacomo Raul Giampedrone, the counsellor responsible for infrastructure and the environment who works closely with Civil Protection, another 10,000 masks were donated to the San Martino General Hospital in Genoa. After contacting Piedmont Governor Alberto Cirio, the regional health and welfare authority decided to distribute the masks in the regional network of senior citizens’ homes. Lastly, 10,000 masks were then given respectively to the regions of Campania and Sicily in agreement with governors Vincenzo De Luca and Nello Musumeci, who oversaw their distribution among hospitals.

The donation to the regions was done as the Group, present in 50 countries, keeps operating while adopting the necessary safety conditions for workers, such as on the site of the new bridge in Genoa, to guarantee that projects that are strategic for communities and clients proceed under the strictest rules to protect as much as possible the health of direct and indirect employees.