Lizzo Donates Meals To Penn Medicine Workers Fighting Coronavirus

PHILADELPHIA — Staff members at Penn Medicine got a surprise thank you for the long hours and stressful work in the midst of the outbreak of the new coronavirus from an unexpected source on Monday: hip hop superstar Lizzo bought them lunch.

The singer sent a message to the staff, along with a delivery of food, to thank them for the work they are doing treating those who are ill with COVID-19.

Lizzo, born Melissa Viviane Jefferson, sent staffers lunch on Monday.

Watch Lizzo's message to Penn workers below:

She also helped out health care workers at Community Medical Center in Toms River, New Jersey and other hospitals around the country recently.

She later put a post on Instagram with photos that were tweeted at her in response to the gesture, and encouraged her followers to make donations to the World Health Organization's COVID-19 response fund, to support research into the virus.