Priyanka Chopra Jonas reportedly flouted COVID-19 norms in London on Wednesday as she visited a salon together with her mom Madhu Chopra and pet Diana. But an announcement from the actor’s crew suggests she had permission to maneuver out for work.
Chopra, who’s presently within the UK for the capturing of her subsequent movie, Text For You, had gone to the salon as she was ‘legally exempted from the rule’.
Metro.co.uk quoted her spokesperson as saying, “‘The salon was opened privately for the production and everyone involved had been tested and followed both the DCMS working guidelines and the film production regulations. As I am sure you are aware, Film and TV production is permitted to continue in the UK, and locations can continue to accommodate shoots and recces that are carried out in-line with government guidelines. The exemption paperwork legally permitting her to be there was provided to the police, and they left satisfied.”
As Priyanka Chopra visited the salon, the police had been alerted about it. Celebrity stylist Josh Wood, who was additionally current on the salon, was given a verbal warning in opposition to breaching lockdown restrictions. But no penalty was issued to him.
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police instructed Metro.co.uk, “Police were alerted at around 17:40hrs on Wednesday, 6 January to reports of a Covid breach taking place within a hairdressers on Lansdowne Mews, Notting Hill. Officers attended and the owner of the salon was given a verbal reminder of the important need to comply with all regulations regarding Covid-19 and signposted to other sources of advice. No fixed penalty notices were issued.”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced a contemporary nationwide lockdown on Monday to try to sluggish the surge in COVID-19 instances. The newest nationwide lockdown guidelines embody the closure of colleges, schools, spas and salons.
