Hollywood’s COVID vaccination mandate gets an expiration date
nme.comCOVID policy will expire for the film and TV industry next month – including the mandate that required all cast and crew to be vaccinated to receive employment.The policy began in September 2020 per an agreement between the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and Hollywood’s unions.
The procedure allowed film and TV sets to start working again after an industry-wide lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic.The policy was supposed to end on April 30, 2021.
Still, it was prolonged multiple times, including that same year in June, when set producers were asked, “to implement mandatory vaccination policies for casts and crew in Zone A on a production-by-production basis”.
Zone A is where unmasked actors work in a restrictive area on set.The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television producers released a statement on Friday (March 31), announcing that its decision aligns with the US Department of Health and Human Services, which also recently announced its new policy.“The date coincides with the U.S.
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