Hollywood’s Covid protocols have been extended until Jan. 31, 2023, per an agreement between the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and Hollywood’s unions.
The vaccination mandate, which gives employers the limited option to require Covid vaccinations as a condition of employment, will remain in place.
This is the tenth time the return-to-work protocols have been extended or amended. First adopted on September 21, 2020, the protocols enabled jobs and productions to rebound after an industry-wide lockdown early on in the pandemic.
The latest extension gives producers the option of less stringent Covid testing of cast and crew before each workday, and a higher threshold that would trigger increased masking requirements and more frequent testing if Covid hospitalizations rise.
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