Torrey DeVitto opens up about the strict COVID-19 safety protocols now in place on Chicago Med

Just a month after filming shut down after a production team member tested positive for COVID-19, Chicago Med star Torrey DeVitto opened up about the ‘intense’ safety protocols now in place on set.

The 36-year-old actress, who plays Natalie Manning on the hit NBC series, spoke to US Weekly, where she opened up about life on set.

It’s been just over two weeks since production resumed on the show’s sixth season, which has been slated to debut on November 11.

Opening up: Just a month after filming shut down after a production team member tested positive for COVID-19, Chicago Med star Torrey DeVitto opened up about the ‘intense’ safety protocols now in place on set

‘It’s been really interesting. For everyone in the world right now, it’s a whole new world, but working under these conditions is really interesting because there are so many protocols in place,’ the actress said, while promoting her work with The Tote Project and SaveBAE to educate foster youth. 

‘It was really mind-blowing for me, how well NBC kind of took control of the situation and how much they’re spending just on keeping us safe alone,’ she added.

The actress added that cast and crew members are now required to come early to set to get COVID-19 tested five days a week, while breaking down the rules about wearing masks on set.

Mind-blowing: 'It was really mind-blowing for me, how well NBC kind of took control of the situation and how much they’re spending just on keeping us safe alone,' she added

Mind-blowing: ‘It was really mind-blowing for me, how well NBC kind of took control of the situation and how much they’re spending just on keeping us safe alone,’ she added

‘We’re only allowed to have our masks off for 10 minutes at a time, so once we take our masks off during shooting, a timer goes off, and we have to do 10 minutes on the dot,’ she added.

‘It’s just very intense. I kind of have to take a moment to remember — and I have to ask [questions] as well because my mind gets so caught up in all these protocols!’ the actress said.

She added that she was ‘nervous’ to get back to work, since she spent the summer visiting her, ‘severely immunocompromised mother.’

Nervous: She added that she was 'nervous' to get back to work, since she spent the summer visiting her, 'severely immunocompromised mother.

Nervous: She added that she was ‘nervous’ to get back to work, since she spent the summer visiting her, ‘severely immunocompromised mother.

‘I have been so mindful and so careful, and I feel it’s been mostly because I’m worried about catching it for other people,’ she added.

‘Obviously, I don’t want to get sick myself, but there’s this element where you think more about protecting the people around you,’ she added.

She did make it clear that the cast and crew was ‘grateful to be back at work and to be working and to have a job again,’ but still she doesn’t want to be the, ‘person that messes it up for everybody. I can’t be.’

Mindful and careful: 'I have been so mindful and so careful, and I feel it’s been mostly because I’m worried about catching it for other people,' she added

Mindful and careful: ‘I have been so mindful and so careful, and I feel it’s been mostly because I’m worried about catching it for other people,’ she added

She also opened up about how she has family members in the military and has seen them make sacrifices for years, and she can’t understand why others around her can’t make much more simple sacrifices to end COVID-19.

‘Here we are being asked first, to just sit on our couch, and then second, to wear a mask in public. It’s like, are you serious? We’re complaining about that?’ she added.

‘You’re being asked to put a piece of cloth over your mouth. It’s mind-blowing for me that some people have an issue with it,’ she said.

Opening up: She also opened up about how she has family members in the military and has seen them make sacrifices for years, and she can't understand why others around her can't make much more simple sacrifices to end COVID-19

Opening up: She also opened up about how she has family members in the military and has seen them make sacrifices for years, and she can’t understand why others around her can’t make much more simple sacrifices to end COVID-19

Mind-blowing: 'You’re being asked to put a piece of cloth over your mouth. It’s mind-blowing for me that some people have an issue with it,' she said

Mind-blowing: ‘You’re being asked to put a piece of cloth over your mouth. It’s mind-blowing for me that some people have an issue with it,’ she said

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