Sunrise crew member tests positive for Covid after working three days in the breakfast show’s studios and is a ‘close contact’ of pregnant newsreader Edwina Bartholomew
A Sunrise crew member has tested positive for Covid-19 overnight, putting the entire breakfast show at risk, including pregnant newsreader Edwina Bartholomew.
The staff member returned a positive test on Thursday after working at the Channel Seven Studios in Martin Place for three consecutive days prior.
Host Natalie Barr, 53, announced the new on Friday morning at the start of the show, revealing that newsreader Edwina, 38, was a ‘close contact’.
Scare: A Sunrise crew member has tested positive for Covid after working three days in the breakfast show’s studios and is a ‘close contact’ of pregnant newsreader Edwina Bartholomew
‘Hello and welcome to Friday everyone. And we join you after a Covid-19 scare of our own overnight, we join you after a staffer tested positive,’ Natalie said, as Michael Usher sat by her side in the co-hosting chair.
‘The studio has been deep cleaned. We’ve all been tested. Everyone here is okay,’ she said, as footage played of the studio being cleaned by a person in a hazmat suit.
‘Eddy is a close contact so she’s isolating but is all right. And Kochie was already having the day off so Michael Usher is here. We’ll have more details on that later,’ Natalie finished.