Hollywood studios and unions will expand their COVID-19 safety protocols again, as the latest, super-contagious variant of Omicron spreads nationwide.
The current iteration of the original deal is set to expire on Friday, but a source has confirmed The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday that it was renewed until September 30.
Including guidelines on masks, vaccines and meal services, the agreement has language that allows protocols to ramp up when eight or more new people out of 100,000 are hospitalized with COVID for seven consecutive days.
The LA time Be the first to report news about the extension.
The protocols were last revised in May, when testing and face covering obligations were relaxed in areas with low COVID hospitalization rates and modifications were made to transportation requirements and meals. The agreement continues to allow manufacturers to commission vaccines on “Zone A” – the area where the cast and crew members work most closely with them – among their sets, and continue to love Employers are required to hire someone to monitor COVID-19 compliance during production.
Since then, Omicron’s newest sub-variant, BA.5, has become the top virus strain in the U.S. In late June, Barbara Ferrer, of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, said film workers and Televisions need to wear masks. indoors again as cases passed the agreement’s escalating “trigger”.
In the past week alone, California recorded an average of 17,182 new cases and 37.1 deaths per day, according to LA time coronavirus tracker. Recent outbreaks of three or more confirmed cases in LA County have been documented at Fox Sports in Century City, Riot Games near Sawtelle, The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank.
