A staff member on “The Dr. Oz Show” has tested positive for coronavirus, prompting the show to shut down production, Variety has learned.
New episodes will continue airing daily, and host Dr. Mehmet Oz will film remotely from his home. The daily syndicated show had its last day in-studio Wednesday, which is when the show found out the employee was diagnosed.
The staffer has not been in the office for over a week, when he first began to display a minor symptoms of coughing. On Dr. Oz’s show, the office space where the employee was located is in a separate building from the studio, so neither Dr.
Oz or any of his production staff have been in contact with the employee who tested positive. But as a precaution, production in the studio has been
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