A New York-based CNN employee has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the network confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday afternoon.
New York-based staffers for the cable news network were notified of the test result in an email on Tuesday. According to the memo, the staffer is "in very good health." CNN employees who have been in close contact with the staffer have been contacted and asked to self-quarantine for two weeks, as is standard.
On Monday, ABC News announced that a Los Angeles-based employee has tested positive, and NBC News said on air on that an employee who works on the third hour of the Today franchise has been infected, as well.
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