This is the same sickness that killed the mother of Diddys children, Kim Porter, passed away but to pneumonia.
According to TMZ:
Whoopi appeared on “The View” Friday with a video update and said she’d been battling a bad case of pneumonia.
She said, “Yes, I came very, very close to leaving the Earth. Good news, I didn’t.”
Whoopi has not been on the panel since February 6.
She said the illness was bad … with pneumonia in both lungs. Also she thanked her fans for their well wishes.