Lady Gaga announces star-studded coronavirus benefit telecast

Pop music superstar Lady Gaga on Monday announced a worldwide telecast featuring Paul McCartney, Lizzo, Billie Eilish and others to support healthcare workers responding to the global coronavirus outbreak. The event, called "One World: Together at Home," will be shown on multiple television and digital networks around the world on April 18. 

Gaga called into World Health Organization's coronavirus briefing on Monday to unveil the project, a joint effort with advocacy group Global Citizen. Organizers already have raised $35 million to help with the crisis, Gaga said. The money will benefit WHO's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. The World Health Organization (WHO) during the briefing also voiced concern that the wearing of medical masks by the general public could improve the shortage for health workers who are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.