Deadline is reporting that The CW has temporarily suspended production on the seventh season of The Flash after a crew member on the DC series tested positive for COVID-19.
According to the trade, the crew member is asymptomatic but tested positive during the rigorous testing protocols implemented by Warner Bros. TV across all of its productions. The decision was then made to halt filming and initiate contract tracing, whilst looking to reshuffle the production schedule in order to resume filming while the specific crew member and their close contacts are self-isolating.
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Numerous film and TV productions have had to pause due to positive coronavirus tests, but The Flash is the first of The CW’s numerous DC television series to do so. However, the shutdown is not expected to impact the show’s planned season seven premiere in February 2021.
