Family Karma production ‘shut down immediately’ following positive COVID test

Production has been halted on the Bravo reality TV series Family Karma. 

The series, which debuted in March this year, was ‘shut down immediately’ following a production team member’s positive COVID test, according to People’s sources.

Family Karma ‘will remain closed for 2 weeks,’ the gossip site’s source continued.

DailyMail.com has reached out to Bravo for comment.

‘Rigorous safety protocols’ on the production, including contact tracing, revealed that someone had contracted the virus, which has so far claimed the lives of over 233,000 U.S. citizens. 

Florida’s Miami-Dade county, where Family Karma films, has seen a recent upward trend of coronavirus cases, and now averages 769 new cases per day, according to data from the New York Times. 

Two of the show’s stars, Bali Chainani, 44, and Amrit Kapai, 32, spoke exclusively with DailyMailTV while on coronavirus quarantine back in April to talk about the new series.

The first season of Family Karma kicked off at the beginning of March, just as the pandemic was ramping up in the U.S., and both Bali and Amrit agree that their show offers a needed distraction.

‘Now, it’s just hugely important because of this global pandemic everyone’s in and we’re coming into your homes and your families, and bringing something light and something fun and there’s laughter and drama and its not ugly,’ Bali said.

Family Karma follows a group of friends in Miami, Florida as they navigate their social lives and family ties while the cameras roll.

The official logline from Bravo reads: ‘With parents and grandparents instilling their cherished customs, and adult children who are drifting more towards the ‘American Way,’ the two worlds collide in the most unexpected ways.’