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Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible 7 movie hit by Covid outbreak as at least 12 people test positive on set

Nick Pisa

Published: 0:37, 26 Oct 2020
Updated: 0:39, 26 Oct 2020

HEALTH chiefs are tracing contacts of at least 12 people to test positive for Covid on the set of Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible 7 movie.

Filming was suspended in Venice last week after the first case emerged but producers hoped it would be an isolated case, and shooting could start again yesterday.

Health chiefs are tracing contacts of at least 12 people to test positive for Covid on set — Health chiefs are tracing contacts of at least 12 people to test positive for Covid on setCredit: Getty Images - Getty

A masked Cruise was seen jumping between boats on the city's iconic canals — A masked Cruise was seen jumping between boats on the city's iconic canalsCredit: EPA

But the delay is now set to go on into this week and sets were being dismantled in the city’s Palazzo Ducale.

A health official said: “It is important that we track and trace all of the contacts of these people to keep the infection under control.’’

Paramount, the film’s makers, were contacted for comment.

The film is due for release next November.

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Cruise, who plays special agent Ethan Hunt, arrived in Venice last week — Cruise, who plays special agent Ethan Hunt, arrived in Venice last weekCredit: AFP or licensors

Filming was suspended last week after the first case emerged — Filming was suspended last week after the first case emergedCredit: The Mega Agency

Tom Cruise leaps from boat to boat in Venice as he arrives on the set of Mission: Impossible 7

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