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On Tuesday, On New York Governor Andrew Cuomo established a “containment area” in New Rochelle. CBS News headquarters & CBS Broadcast Center in NYC are evacuated following the news that two employees tested positive for COVID-19. CBS News Buildings Evacuated After Coronavirus Outbreak, Copyright © 2020 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. What happens if the president doesn't accept the election results? © 2020 The Associated Press. The two offices are located at the CBS Broadcast Center, at 524 West 57th Street and at 555 West 57th Street. CBSN, the streaming news service of CBS, moved program origination to CBSN Boston while CBS Sports aired programming from CBS Sports HQ, which is located in Florida at the offices of CBS Interactive. The schools had been operating in a hybrid model of remotely learning and in-person attendance. CBS Broadcast Center in New York City is located at 513 W 57th Street between 11th and 12th avenues, a few blocks south of Lincoln Center. CBS2's Dick Brennan reports. A small number of staffers were allowed to return to the Broadcast Center for Saturday's morning show. The New York offices of the network news division have been closed ever since two employees tested positive for the virus on Wednesday. Battleground Tracker: Trump and Biden even in Ohio, as Biden leads in PA, With more mail-in ballots, officials urge patience on election night, Americans and the right to vote: Why it's not easy for everyone, Why some mail-in ballots are rejected and how to make sure your vote counts. A pair of schools in southern Maine that are near a growing number of coronavirus outbreaks is transitioning to a fully remote model because of a handful of virus cases. UPDATE: Three CBS Staffers have now tested positive for the coronavirus with “CBS This Morning” relocating to Washington and WCBS programming coming from Los Angeles. Just like so many people are now being asked to do. Two CBS News employees in New York have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, prompting the network to ask employees to work from home for the remainder of the week. Control rooms are being manned with as few people as possible. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. But these aren’t normal times. '”, Many New York-based schools and colleges have canceled in-person classes and are continuing their education programs online since the outbreak. Yahoo ist Teil von Verizon Media. Powered by. In a memo shared with Heavy, Susan Zirinsky, President and Senior Executive Producer of CBS News said, “We have learned that two employees – one working on the 5th floor of the 513 building of the Broadcast Center and another on the 9th floor of 555 West 57th Street – tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). GettyA lab technician begins semi-automated testing for COVID-19 in Lake Success, New York. Election Day could turn into "Election Week" with rise in mail ballots, A Maine college's plan to maintain low infection rate. Employees have scrambled to establish. Normally, around 1,600 people work out of the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street in New York. It is CBS's main East Coast production hub, similar to CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles as the West Coast hub. "What a week it's been," co-anchor Jeff Glor said on the morning show. Normally, around 1,600 people work out of the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street in New York. People who traveled through the largest airport in Maine this weekend might have been exposed to coronavirus, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. "We are committed to keeping our footprint in the Broadcast Center and all CBS News bureaus as small as possible and you must be specifically requested to come to work by your manager in order to gain access to the buildings," Zirinsky said Friday. Für nähere Informationen zur Nutzung Ihrer Daten lesen Sie bitte unsere Datenschutzerklärung und Cookie-Richtlinie. Zirinsky also noted that this will not be a long shutdown. Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. A memo from CBS News head Susan Zirinsky on Wednesday reads “We have been planning for this possibility and want everyone to be assured that we are taking all necessary measures. Since Wednesday, two other employees have also tested positive -- a disturbing demonstration of how fiercely the virus can spread in close quarters.