Amazon Studios has pulled the plug on “Love Island France,” which was shooting outside of Cape Town, as the coronavirus pandemic that has disrupted production across the globe spreads to the South African film and TV industry.
The decision comes just two weeks into the show’s run, and follows a televised address by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Sunday night, in which he declared a “national state of disaster” as the country’s confirmed cases of coronavirus rose to 62.
The measures include a travel ban on nationals from the U.S., U.K., China, Italy, Germany, South Korea, Iran and Spain, while foreign nationals who visited high-risk countries in the past 20 days will also be denied entry.
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