Pink calls for free COVID-19 testing

Grammy Awardwinning artiste Pink is calling for free and widespread testing for the coronavirus after contracting it and recovering. tests through a primary care physician.

Her family had already been sheltering at home and continued to do so, she said. They were tested again “just a few days ago,” and were negative.

Pink, who has released eight studio albums and hits like Get the Party Started, What About Us, Raise Your Glass and Just Give Me a Reason, criticised the government for its testing procedures.

ABSOLUTE TRAVESTY

“It is an absolute travesty and failure of our government to not make testing more widely accessible,” she wrote. “This illness is serious and real. People need to know that the illness affects the young and old, healthy and unhealthy, rich and poor, and we must make testing free and more widely accessible to protect our children, our families, our friends, and our communities.”

She announced that she’s donating US$1 million across two coronavirus-related relief funds, with $500,000 each going to the Temple University Hospital Fund in Philadelphia and the COVID-19 response fund run by the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles.

The Temple University donation honours Judy Moore, the singer’s mom (Pink’s given name is Alecia Moore).

Pink said that her mother worked at the hospital’s cardiomyopathy and heart transplant centre for nearly two decades.

Pink also called healthcare workers “heroes” and ended her post with an appeal to the public.

“These next two weeks are crucial: please stay home,” she wrote. “Please. Stay. Home.”