Madonna is using her influence to help others during the coronavirus pandemic. The “Like a Prayer” musician, 61, announced on Friday that she is joining Bill and Melinda Gates in working with their foundation to find a cure for COVID-19. "I’m joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation effort to find a drug that will prevent or treat COVID-19.
We need this to protect our health workers, the most vulnerable, and all of our friends and families," she wrote on her website. "I’m talking about this: I am so impressed by the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator’s urgent efforts to find new or existing drugs that could effectively prevent or treat the disease. "Harnessing the strength and knowledge.