Singer Pink Recovers From CCP Virus, Donates $1 Million Toward Relief Efforts

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On April 3, 2020, singer Pink revealed that she had made a full recovery from the CCP virus after testing positive two weeks previously. In the wake of her recovery, the singer has pledged $1 million toward relief efforts as the global crisis continues.

Pink, 40, took to Instagram to make the announcement. Her statement was accompanied by a sweet photo of herself and her toddler son, Jameson, whom she shares with husband Carey Hart, smiling together while sitting in a pumpkin patch.

“Two weeks ago my three-year old son, Jameson, and I are were showing symptoms of COVID-19,” Pink wrote. “Fortunately, our primary care physician had access to tests and I tested positive.”

The singer and her family were already adhering to social distancing measures and continued to isolate for two weeks under the instruction of their doctor. “Just a few days ago, we were re-tested and are now thankfully negative,” Pink added.

Pink with her husband, Carey Hart, and their children, Willow and Jameson, by Pink's star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on Feb. 5, 2019 ©Getty Image | Alberto E. Rodriguez

In her post, the Grammy Award-winning artist then rallied to make testing for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, more widely accessible.

“People need to know that the illness affects the young and old, healthy and unhealthy, rich and poor,” Pink wrote, “and we must make testing free and more widely accessible to protect our children, our families, our friends and our communities.”

She further added, “This illness is serious and real.”

Pink at the BRIT Awards in London, England, on Feb. 20, 2019. ©Getty Images | TOLGA AKMEN

The singer also thanked healthcare professionals on the front lines, calling them “our heroes.”

“These next two weeks are crucial,” Pink signed off, adding, “please stay home. Please. Stay. Home.”

Pink also announced that half of her $1 million donation will go to the Temple University Hospital Emergency Fund in Philadelphia. The singer’s mother, Judy Moore, worked at the hospital’s Cardiomyopathy and Heart Transplant Center for 18 years. The other half will be donated to the Los Angeles Emergency COVID-19 Crisis Fund.

Hospital doctors are instructed to handle a ventilator at the Universitaetsklinikum Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany, on March 25, 2020. ©Getty Images | AXEL HEIMKEN

According to Metro, Pink updated her fans on her and Jameson’s condition on Instagram live April 5. “I’ve kept a journal of [Jameson’s] symptoms for the past three weeks and mine as well,” the singer explained. “He still, three weeks later, has a 100 [degree] temperature.”

“It’s been a rollercoaster for both of us,” she added. “It got really, really scary, I’m not gonna lie.”

In donating to relief efforts amid the continuing CCP virus pandemic, Pink joins a growing legion of celebrities that are stepping up to help front line workers care for the sick, help the needy, and research a cure.

Touro University Nevada medical staffers prepare to conduct screenings at a temporary homeless shelter in a parking lot at Cashman Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 28, 2020 ©Getty Images | Ethan Miller

Representing the music industry, a number of big names are also banding together to raise money for relief funds at a benefit concert, One World: Together at Home, due to be live-streamed on television in the United States on April 18. Concert proceeds will benefit the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s solidarity response fund, The Guardian reported.

Curated by Lady Gaga, the lineup includes Billie Eilish, Lizzo, Paul McCartney, John Legend, Chris Martin, Stevie Wonder, and Elton John, among others.