stars is closing its santa monica office for a couple of days as a result of a covet outbreak becoming the latest hollywood business to have to deal with rising numbers the outlander and vfn broadcaster will close its office on 1647 stuart street in los angeles after several employees recently tested positive for the virus the company this morning sent a note to staff seen by deadline outlining the steps we are therefore taking the following steps in accordance with our usual protocols requesting that you work from home today and tomorrow and not come into the office until we have notified you that you may return conducting contact tracing and notifying all individuals who have been in close cont deadline understands that starz backer lionsgate's office at 2700 colorado avenue also has closed for a couple of days ahead of the holidays for the same reason with staff working from home last week wme's headquarters in beverly hills were closed on wednesday and the agency switched to working remotely for the rest of the week after some employees tested positive cnn also closed all of its offices to employees who are not required to be there to do their jobs president jeff zucker revealed the new policy in a memo to employees on saturday a move that also applies to trainer sports and warner media studios stars move comes as the los angeles county department of public health reported nine new deaths from covet on sunday as well as three 512 new positive cases [Music]