CBS News shutters office after two employees get coronavirus

“CBS This Morning” has opted to keep its three anchors working from home in light of the expanding coronavirus crisis in New York.

CBS News is mourning the loss of Maria Mercader, a network veteran who covered breaking news for nearly three decades and, most recently, helped shape strategy for the network's correspondents and reporters. 

CBS This Morning co-anchor Anthony Mason is the latest TV personality to work from home after possible exposure to the novel coronavirus. The longtime CBS News journalist, who joined Wednesday's edition of the show via video from his New York City home, said he was "self-quarantining" after he had contact with a family member who displayed one of the latest, possible coronavirus symptoms, a loss of taste and smell, but has not yet tested positive for the virus.

Andy Cohen shared an update on how he's doing since announcing that he had tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) last week.

Bachelor Nation: Just like Us. Andi Dorfman nearly broke the unwritten rule of self-quarantine — don’t text your ex.

The Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman announced that he is shutting his cafe in New York due to the current Coronavirus outbreak. The actor reportedly also said that shutting the cafe was the right thing to do.

By Mike Fleming Jr

Last Wednesday, CBS News president Susan Zirinsky announced the temporary closure and cleaning of two network buildings in New York City due to an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. But she said that she expected both buildings to reopen Monday of this week.

Kaley Cuoco was a bit stressed over the weekend. The Big Bang Theory alum headed to a Los Angeles grocery store with her husband, Karl Cook, on Sunday, March 15, and got a little nervous when she saw several empty shelves amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus or not, it’s business as usual for 50 Cent. The 44-year-old rapper was spotted partying it up at Starlet’s Gentlemen’s club in Woodside, NY, located just over the water from Manhattan, on Saturday, Mar.

Brotherly love! Tyler Cameron spent quality time in New York City with his youngest brother, Ryan Cameron, following their mom Andrea Cameron’s death last month.

Celine Dion has good news and bad news for her fans.

By Ted Johnson

CBS News management, which saidWednesday that two New York-based employees have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, said in a memo Thursday that a third employee has now tested positive. "We now have a third confirmed case of an employee testing positive for the virus," network president Susan Zirinsky said in the memo, which was obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.

CBS News President Susan Zirinsky advised employees in New York to work remotely for at least two days after two employees at its production facilities tested positive for coronavirus. Employees who came into contact with the two people in question have been asked to self-quarantine and remain away from the offices for 14 days, the executive said.

The upcoming Clarice Starling series at CBS has added two more cast members.

The upcoming Clarice Starling series at CBS has added two more cast members.