“We know you noticed that Michael wasn’t here with us this week. He wanted us to let you know that he tested positive for COVID. He’s in quarantined home,” Robin Roberts said in a statement on Thursday. ‘.
Anchor George Stephanopoulos said that Strahan is grateful to all those who reached out and expressed their wishes.
“He also feels good and is looking forward to coming back here soon,” Stephanopoulos said.
Stephanopoulos said that everyone who works at “GMA”, on-camera and off-camera, has been authorized by Disney to be in the studio after tracking contacts, according to CDC guidelines.
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Roberts said he wrote messages to Strahan, who said his dog, Enzo, kept him nice and warm.
Strahan, who also offers analysis on the preliminary show “Fox NFL Sunday,” appeared remotely during last Sunday’s NFC championship game. Strahan, however, also made long-distance appearances for most of the season so that the network’s Thursday night games would not conflict with his “GMA” program.
Strahan, 49, has been absent from the morning ABC show all week and remains unsure when he will be back.
He has been part of “Good Morning America” since 2016 and has been on Fox’s NFL coverage since retiring after the New York Giants won the third of four Super Bowl titles in the 2007 season.
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Disney is the parent company of this ABC station. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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