Jane Zhang Liangyin is a well-known Chinese singer and songwriter. However, the singer is currently in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Jane Zhang has reportedly deliberately infected herself with COVID-19 so that she would not be at risk of infection during her concert on New Year’s Eve, as reported by South China Morning Post.
However, the singer later issues an official apology after she faced a severe backlash from fans all over the world. The outlet reported that Jane Zhang revealed that she visited the homes of ‘sheep’, a term for virus carriers in China ahead of the concert.
Zhang took to the Chinese social media platform named Weibo, and penned, “I’ve been prepared for being ‘infected,'” adding, “Then I began to catch a fever, my throat began to ache, my nose began to ache, my whole body began to ache, my head began to ache… before I finally fell asleep.”
The singer continues her post, “After sleeping for a day and a night, all my symptoms disappeared… I just drank plenty of water and took vitamin C, without taking any medicine before I got well.” Jane Zhang also asked if her brief illness was considered a case of COVID-19.
Jane Zhang’s post faced immediate backlash on social media. The singer was slammed by the social media user for her irresponsible behaviour. However, after the immediate backlash, the singer deleted her post. Following the backlash, Zhang issued an official apology on the same social media platform. Jane apologised by saying, “I didn’t consider things carefully before making my previous posts. I apologise to the public.”
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