The Canadian singer, songwriter Abel Tesfaye popularly known as The Weekend donates a whopping $1 million to coronavirus relief efforts, with $500,000 going to MusiCares and the other half to the front-line hospital workers of Scarborough Health Network, the hospital network in the Ontario city where he grew up.
According to Abel who said, “I was raised in Scarborough and felt it was important to give back to the community that raised me during the hard times of this pandemic.”
The Weekend who shared a screenshot on his Instagram page, expressed his gratitude to his fans that patronised his xo face masks and promised to use the proceeds to fight Covid-19 
In his words, “Massive thanks to the fans for buying the xo masks and doing your part in helping fight Covid. I promised to match what was sold. We need to keep fighting. Also a big shout out to everyone in Scarborough!”
