COVID-19 cases.A new message from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said the industry should pause production “for a few weeks”.“Although music, TV and film productions are allowed to operate, we ask you to strongly consider pausing work for a few weeks during this catastrophic surge in Covid cases,” the health department’s message said (via Deadline). “Identify and delay higher risk activities, and focus on lower-risk work for now, if at all possible.”Adding that “travel for production purposes is currently not advised,” the message stated that travelling for production purposes increases virus-related risk “by making it more likely that people will end up together in vehicles or indoors in less-controlled.