when an actor or a crew member tests positive the shooting is stalled for 3 days everyone from the unit has to undergo a covid test the set is fumigated and sanitised before resuming shootthe television industry has been one of the worsthit sectors in the country after it resumed shooting in the last week of june despite production houses taking proper precautions on the sets many actors and crew members tested positive for coronavirus over the past three months this has led to shootings coming to a grinding halt with tests being conducted on the entire team and changes being made in the ongoing tracks heres taking a look at how the industry is battling the pandemicfinancial losses incurredthe television industry suffered huge losses when things came to a halt for three months during the lockdown however there have been more hurdles to cross since they resumed shooting for shows in june so far 14 shows have been affected with one or more members testing positive for covid19 the moment a case is detected work stops amounting to losses apart from that there are other mounting expenses as producer deeya singh whose show mere dad ki dulhan got hit after shweta tiwari tested positive says there are expenses for a 24hour doctor ambulance and to get tests done for each member when someone tests positive our prime importance is to manage all the members our concern is the health and safety of each person on the set the pandemic is a reality and we are doing our best to deal with it mahesh pandey producer of the upcoming show gupta brothers chaar kunware from ganga kinaare adds nobody had expected something like covid and there is no doubt every day is stressful as you need to keep an eye on all the precautionary measures and protocols we have spent a lot of extra money because of that our unit is staying on the set itself so from food to their accommodation everything is an additional cost apart from this there is always a team of doctors on the set then we have sanitisers and sanitiser tunnels installed and extra money is also spent on masks gloves etc but its necessary and we have got everyones insurance done too we are not bothered about that extra expense because human life is more important than thatchanging tracksbesides stalling the shoot when someone tests positive makers also have to think on their feet if their lead pair or an important character catches the infection take for instance the case of parth samthaan the lead of kasautii zindagii kay 2 the actor was detected with the virus on july 12 and resumed work on august 5 in the interim the writers sent his character anurag basu off for some official work abroad in yeh rishta kya kehlata hai however when sachin tyagi who plays a pivotal role caught the virus the makers shifted the focus once again to the lead pair