DAYS halts production

A positive COVID-19 test has forced Days of our Lives to shut down production for at least two weeks.

Days of our Lives has halted production due to a member of the NBC soap opera's production team testing positive for COVID-19.

According to Soap Opera Digest, the positive result was revealed during a stringent routine testing protocol that the series implemented when it returned to taping in September. As a result, the NBC soap will shut down production for at least two weeks. Fortunately, it doesn't look as if production pause will cause a delay to network airdates, meaning viewers won't experience an interruption of material on-screen.

Due to its advanced production schedule, Days of our Lives was the only network soap opera that did not have to air repeat episodes during the nationwide coronavirus shutdown that happened earlier this year; the NBC series was able to air brand-new episodes, even though it was out of production along with General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, and The Young and the Restless. DAYS was the last of the four daytime dramas to resume production, returning at the beginning of September.

DAYS is not the first soap to have to shut down over a positive COVID-19 test. In August, Deadline reported that a staffer from The Bold and the Beautiful tested positive for COVID-19. As a precaution, the studio moved up the show's dark week for that month and added a second dark week. B&B resumed production after the production halt and has been filming normally since that time.

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