Britney Spears took to Instagram on Friday to pledge to do what she could to support three fans whose lives have been impacted by the novel coronavirus pandemic, which is disrupting and endangering existences around the globe.
The Toxic singer shared the video message on the photo-sharing platform, disclosing that she was nominated by her younger sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, to participate in the Do Your Part Challenge, which is encouraging people to help others as the world goes into lockdown amind the COVID-19 outbreak.
"So our world is going through such hard times right now, and my sister just nominated me to help people," she said in the clip. "Whether it's with food or I'm getting your child diapers, or whatever it is, DM (direct message) me and I will help you out."
Watch the clip below:Spears then nominated Will Smith, her boyfriend, Sam Asghari, and Kate Hudson to take part.
Asghari took to the comments to write, "Amazing, let’s get things started."
This comes after the singer hoped to help housebound fans relax by committing to share a yoga post on Instagram to "inspire others for us to stay healthy and safe and to be better people."
"We are all dealing with the coronavirus all around the world, to get through this together we need to remain positive and lift each other up," she captioned the post.
Watch as Italian neighbors sing to each other amid the coronavirus lockdown:At the time of writing, per the World Health Organization (WHO), there have been 267,013 confirmed cases of coronavirus globally, and 11,201 deaths.
In a report from the World Health Organization on the 11th March, WHO declared that the COVID-19 outbreak is now being officially recognized as a pandemic:
"WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction.
We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic.
Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly. It is a word that, if misused, can cause unreasonable fear, or unjustified acceptance that the fight is over, leading to unnecessary suffering and death."