Billionaire Kylie Jenner donates N366m to help fight coronavirus

Billionaire Kylie Jenner donates N366m to help fight coronavirus

- Kylie Jenner has donated a whopping N366m towards helping health workers treating patients with coronavirus

- The mother of one donated the amount through the doctor who helped in delivering her daughter Stormi

- The reality TV star's donations will go into providing thousands of masks, test kits and other protective gear needed by health professionals

Twenty-two-year-old American billionaire and cosmetics mogul Kylie Jenner has donated a huge amount of cash to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.

The mother of one is said to have donated N366m to go towards helping health workers treating patients with coronavirus.

According to TMZ, the reality TV star's donations will go into providing thousands of masks, test kits and other protective gear needed by health professionals.

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Doctor Thais Aliabadi, who helped in the delivery of Stormi (Kylie's child) thanked Jenner for the generous gesture saying the TV star had made her wish come true.

"I am speechless, my eyes are filled with tears of joy and my heart is overwhelmed with gratitude. I made a wish to the universe to gather protective masks for our brave healthcare workers and today my dream came true," the doctor said.

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The health worker said she had never felt more blessed to be a doctor, praising Kylie by saying the world is a better place with people like her in it.

"I have never felt more blessed to be a doctor, as helping our brave ER and ICU workers feels just as gratifying as helping my own patients. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you, Kylie Jenner. You are my hero. This generous donation will help save many precious lives. Our world is a better place with you in it. I love you so much," she added.

Kylie follows other A-list celebrities in donating tremendous amounts of cash in the fight against the global pandemic.

Meanwhile, Nigerian singer Douglas Jack Agu, popularly known as Runtown has announced his intentions to donate N10 million to people who cannot afford to buy foodstuff in this period of coronavirus. The coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on the source of revenue of people in Nigeria as the infection has negatively impacted businesses.

To combat the disease, state governments are coming up with strategies that may not favour people’s finances but would ensure that they come out safe from the present challenge that the country currently faces.

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