'Star Trek: Picard' Production Halted After Massive COVID-19 Outbreak
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The new season of the series, which sees Patrick Stewart reprising his role as Jean-Luc Picard, has indeed one of television biggest crews as it involves more than 450 staffers.

AceShowbiz - COVID-19 forces the production on new seasons of "Star Trek: Picard" to be paused. The filming on Paramount+ drama has been reportedly shut down since Monday, January 3 following a sizable COVID-19 outbreak.

Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that there were more than 50 crew members who tested positive on Monday. That marked the first day of work following the Christmas break.

The series, which sees Patrick Stewart reprising his role as Jean-Luc Picard, has indeed one of television biggest crews as it involves more than 450 staffers. It was reported that the outbreak impacted multiplee zones, including cast in zone A. Stewart was not among those who contracted coronavirus.

The back-to-back filming for season 2 and 3, which takes place in Los Angeles, is expected to resume early next week or sooner. However, exact details of the plan are still in scarce. CBS Studios has declined to comment on the report.

"Star Trek: Picard" is one of the latest TV productions which was forced to be temporarily halted due to the surge in COVID-19 cases. Prior to this, production on "NCIS" was suspended while the filming for "NCIS: Los Angeles" was pushed to February. NBC also made similar decision for "Chicago Fire".

The increase of Omicron variant cases also led to the postponement of the 2022 Grammy Awards and the 2022 Critics Choice Awards. "After careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners, the Recording Academy and CBS have postponed the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards Show," Recording Academy and CBS announced earlier this month in a joint statement.

"The health and safety of those in our music community, the live audience, and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly to produce our show remains our top priority. Given the uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant, holding the show on January 31st simply contains too many risks. We look forward to celebrating Music's Biggest Night on a future date, which will be announced soon," the statement continued.

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