After making donations for coronavirus relief, Ralph Lauren has announced that it will be taking a further stand against coronavirus pandemic by by supporting cancer patients and frontline medical staff in affected European countries.

Over last 20 years, Lauren has supported the fight against cancer with its charitable donations and fundraising initiatives. Now, the Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation teamed with leading cancer centers to help provide institutions with research laboratories, as well as aid the development of diagnostic tests to detect the coronavirus in both patients and frontline medical staff.

Lauren will also be helping to source medical devices that have been used throughout the pandemic and shall be launching a fundraising appeal to further help the institutions. The institutions are: Instituto Europeo di Oncologia (IEO) in Italy; The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity in the UK;  Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC) in Spain; Gustave Roussy in France and Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) in Germany. 

Over 130,000 pieces of loungewear will also be donated to patients and frontline medical staff at the mentioned medical institutions.