Madonna is joining the cause. The “Like a Prayer” pop icon announced on Friday (April 3) that she is joining Bill and Melinda Gates in seeking a prevention or cure for the ongoing pandemic. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Madonna “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 said in a statement. “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.