U.K. broadcasters BBC, ITV and Sky, in association with actors’ union Equity, are drafting enhanced guidance around COVID-19 testing and new standards for close contact among actors, Variety …
, released on May 18. They come as Equity’s Recorded Media division continues to receive a number of risk assessments for projects scheduled to resume production shortly.
It’s believed the reinforced guidelines around testing and close contact come as productions look to resume later this month and into August. While the existing guidelines are exhaustive around a number of different areas, clarity around testing has remained murky, with confusion pervading around how accessible the procedures will be to cast and crews.
The guidelines also note that whole productions “may be halted for group testing” if a person who has wide contact with cast and crew shows undiagnosed COVID-19 symptoms or tests positive for COVID-19; however, this indicates that testing may only be applied in extreme cases and not proactively. Elsewhere, in the broadcasters’ TV Production Guidance, testing is not discussed in any great detail at all.
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