Great lineup of stars at the Corona charity concert online

Stars like Lady Gaga, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones thanked the many helpers in the crown pandemic with a virtual mega concert. “Today I am very happy that we are in a world together,” said Lady Gaga, co-organizer of the show, at the start of “One World: Together at Home.”

Dozens of artists, doctors, scientists and politicians joined the two-hour event of the Global Citizen aid movement on Sunday night. Former First Ladies Laura Bush and Michelle Obama thanked the aides in hospitals and stores.

American star moderators Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert directed the show, which was broadcast on various American channels and on the Internet through channels such as YouTube and Twitter. Lady Gaga, Celine Dion and Italian singer Andrea Bocelli accompanied by Chinese star pianist Lang Lang completed with a joint virtual appearance.

Previously, dozens of musicians, athletes, and other artists, including singers Adam Lambert, Jennifer Hudson, and Rita Ora, had tuned in from their home for a six-hour live broadcast. The main objective of the marathon campaign was to thank the health workers on the Corona front. Previously, Global Citizen said it had already won sponsors worth millions of euros to donate to the Solidarity Fund of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates expressed confidence in the event that there will be a vaccine against the new coronavirus by the end of next year. “Currently there are many vaccine candidates that we support. And I am optimistic that one of them will be out by the end of next year, ”Gates said Sunday night.

With the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, competition between biotech companies and research institutes has increased worldwide to produce an effective vaccine. Internationally, the vaccine alliance CEPI (“Coalition for Innovations in Epidemic Preparedness”) is trying to develop a serum. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the co-founders of the alliance.

Bill Gates recently wrote in a guest publication for “Welt am Sonntag” that CEPI was developing at least eight possible vaccines. Scientists assumed that at least one of them would be ready to use in 18 months.