Al Roker and Craig Melvin Taking Time Off ‘Today’ After Staffer Tests Positive for Coronavirus

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Cassie Randolph is keeping fans updated on boyfriend Colton Underwood's coronavirus diagnosis.

Standing by his side. Cassie Randolph encouraged fans to stay positive after her boyfriend, Colton Underwood, revealed that he tested positive for coronavirus.

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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.

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Today show co-anchors Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie on Monday morning announced that an NBC News employee who works on the third hour of the television franchise has tested positive for the coronavirus. A few hours later, ABC News president James Goldston announced that a Los Angeles-based employee who has been covering the virus outbreak in Seattle has tested positive for the virus, according to a memo obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.

Hulu is taking precautions at its Santa Monica headquarters after an employee tested positive for coronavirus, a company source tells The Hollywood Reporter. The employee left the office and self-quarantined after symptoms appeared, and that person is now home and recovering.

Another celebrity has become a victim of COVID-19. Actress Olga Kurylenko announced on Instagram that she has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, the highly contagious affliction that has infected over 100,000 people in 162 countries.

A staffer on the third hour of NBC's Today show has tested positive for the coronavirus. NBC News employees learned of their colleague's diagnosis late Sunday, and Monday, hosts Craig Melvin and Al Roker took the morning off from Todayout of an abundance of caution as NBC News traces their contacts.

The “Today” show has been hit with its first case of COVID-19.

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 show has officially been hit with the coronavirus. Co-anchors Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie shared the news first thing Monday morning, revealing that a staffer on has tested positive for COVID-19.

On the Monday broadcast of NBC’s “Today,” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie told viewers that a staffer who works on the third hour of the morning show has the novel coronavirus, prompting the network to take co-hosts Craig Melvin and Al Roker off air for the time being.

Olga Kurylenko, a Ukrainian-born model who played alongside Daniel Craig in “Quantum of Solace,” announced on Instagram Sunday that she was diagnosed with the coronavirus. She made the announcement from what looked like an apartment window.