A spokesperson for the BBC One show has said that production will be following “strict government guidelines” to ensure the safety of all cast and crew. <\/p>
BBC One\u2019s Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> has addressed reports that two of its professional dancers have refused COVID-19 vaccinations.<\/p>\n Ahead of yesterday\u2019s launch show, The Sun<\/a> published a story claiming that two of the Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers<\/a> had not been vaccinated prior to the competition\u2019s return and that there were \u201cvocal protests\u201d from celebrities who didn\u2019t want to be paired with them.<\/p>\n Speaking to\u00a0RadioTimes.com<\/strong>, a Strictly spokesperson said: \u201cWe do not comment on speculation of somebody\u2019s COVID vaccination status. Strictly Come Dancing production has, and will, continue to follow strict government guidelines to ensure the safety of all on the show.\u201d<\/p> According to The Sun\u2019s source, the dancers without vaccinations \u201chave been a topic of conversation among cast and crew for weeks\u201d however the BBC \u201ccannot force workers to get jabbed\u201d.<\/p>\n The news follows Strictly\u2019s announcement last week that one of the professional dancers had tested positive for COVID<\/a> after recording the show\u2019s launch episode.<\/p>\n \u201cA professional dancer has tested positive for COVID-19 however this didn\u2019t affect recording of the launch show,\u201d a Strictly spokesperson said. \u201cWe are following government guidelines to ensure the safety of all on the show.\u201d<\/p>\n While the broadcaster would not reveal which professional had tested positive, it added that their celebrity partner had tested negative and at the time, it was unclear whether the celebrity would be reassigned to a new professional.<\/p>\n Strictly boss Sarah James revealed ahead of the new series that a positive test for COVID-19 would not immediately eliminate a contestant<\/a> from the competition this year, with those testing positive only required to self-isolate for 10 days now.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the BBC One show has said that production will be following “strict government guidelines” to ensure the safety of all cast and crew. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4603,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/strictly-come-dancing-addresses-rumours-of-two-dancers-refusing-the-covid-vaccine.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/strictly-come-dancing-addresses-rumours-of-two-dancers-refusing-the-covid-vaccine-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/strictly-come-dancing-addresses-rumours-of-two-dancers-refusing-the-covid-vaccine-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/strictly-come-dancing-addresses-rumours-of-two-dancers-refusing-the-covid-vaccine.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/strictly-come-dancing-addresses-rumours-of-two-dancers-refusing-the-covid-vaccine.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/strictly-come-dancing-addresses-rumours-of-two-dancers-refusing-the-covid-vaccine.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/strictly-come-dancing-addresses-rumours-of-two-dancers-refusing-the-covid-vaccine.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"A spokesperson for the BBC One show has said that production will be following \"strict government guidelines\" to ensure the safety of all cast and crew.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/4602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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