{"id":254045,"date":"2020-05-06T05:59:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T09:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=254045"},"modified":"2020-05-06T05:59:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T09:59:58","slug":"filipinos-in-italy-donate-blood-for-covid-19-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/06\/filipinos-in-italy-donate-blood-for-covid-19-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipinos in Italy donate blood for Covid-19 response"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v7.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PHinItaly\/posts\/1580511162112669?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBFPeQ68LRLnkGyCMCHwja5-2slorJ0_VX8puNxA7MX41Cvyl93XR5h4zAZvrRhsru7w2NLytNvTyL9WVhCpOU5U79pSU5wuzYa8MV2iFS6t_WWNjsnVPW2vYdutDdKpb7aMuzzJ1byteKEs4NI6m_zSPJRhaMrWVHhZBCz8hv02HO-GrOsWEGjF5u7NKaMg87dnDTf8M1iCijSepciEK6upejlZZWPQzUpkoi4jPSa5VyUrMMQNQrGGm_Ta9KHA1-z2oVJTvHaqck1n1sMIhMp6lD8QlGItsDzXJPTQR7yzZW9N6DhcT-mKNDocMPZt2LR_9TKVxkNUEBoiGYw8wgsQg&amp;__tn__=-R\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PHinItaly\/posts\/1580511162112669\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>ITALIAN BLOOD DONORS ASSOCIATION EXPRESSES GRATITUDE TO FILIPINO DONORS4 May 2020, Rome \u2013 Around 30 Filipinos donated&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PHinItaly\/\">Philippine Embassy in Italy<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PHinItaly\/posts\/1580511162112669\">Monday, May 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A total of 30 Filipinos in Italy have donated blood to help in the European country&#8217;s response against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the Philippine Embassy in Italy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe blood donation is a huge effort to help in the Covid-19 emergency. Since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, Italian health authorities have been calling for blood donors as blood banks are experiencing a low supply of blood caused by the health crisis,\u201d La Rete di Tutti OdV president Felice Di Iorio said through Philippine Ambassador to Italy Domingo Nolasco.<\/p>\n<p>The report posted on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) website on Wednesday also cited Di lorio thanking the Filipino community for the blood donation.<\/p>\n<p>The blood drive was organized by the Associazione di Donatori Volontari di Sangue La Rete di Tutti (La Rete di tutti OdV), an Italian non-profit association, in partnership with iPARAMEDICI on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>As of May 6, Italy has recorded 29,315 deaths. It is among the countries in Europe hardest hit by the deadly disease.<\/p>\n<p>This week, however, Italy eased restrictions on mobility for the first time in two months.<\/p>\n<p>The embassy also lauded the relief efforts of some Filipino and Italian nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Filipino community group led by Aurtenciano Miranda joined volunteers from the Italian organization Sparta300 to distribute food packages to families affected by the health crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The effort was made in collaboration with the Municipio di Roma 3 and the European Union Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD).<\/p>\n<p>As of Tuesday, the group has completed its eighth batch of distribution throughout various areas in Italy and is preparing for the ninth batch to reach more families, including Filipinos.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the group has provided assistance to 120 families and distributed more than 2,000 kg. of groceries and medicine, the embassy said.<\/p>\n<p>On May 4, Italy started Phase 2 of its fight against Covid-19, slowly easing movement restrictions throughout the country.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITALIAN BLOOD DONORS ASSOCIATION EXPRESSES GRATITUDE TO FILIPINO DONORS4 May 2020, Rome \u2013 Around 30 Filipinos donated&#8230; Posted by Philippine &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":254046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254047,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254045\/revisions\/254047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}