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Charlotte Tutton

Coronavirus: This Morning forced to make change to fashion segment amid pandemic

This Morning featured a shake-up with their fashion segment on Tuesday, amid the growing concern over the coronavirus outbreak.

With cases increasing in the UK and around the world, measures are being taken to stop the spread.

Those with the virus and those suffering symptoms are advised to quarantine.

People in the "high risk" category, including pregnant women, the elderly and those with underlying health conditions, have been advised to isolate for at least 12 weeks.

Following the new advice from experts and a statement from prime minister Boris Johnson, This Morning took some measures to try and protect those deemed most at risk.

This Morning's fashion segment had a shake-up (ITV)

From advising pregnant doctor Sara Kayat to stay at home and trying to keep a distance from guest Stanley Johnson, 79 - with them both vowing to appear on the show despite this - they also made a change to their fashion segment.

Normally viewers are given the chance to appear to try out the latest styles and accessories.

However, with many of those viewers often being in the higher age bracket, the show decided this wasn't wise.

Lisa Snowdon confirmed they were instead using the This Morning team (ITV)

Instead, they chose to use people from behind-the-scenes on the show to model their outfits for them.

The segment presenter Lisa Snowdon said: "Now, we're keeping it in the This Morning family with the fashion today and you're gonna recognise some of our models."

Host Phillip Schofield later said it was to help keep as few people in the studio as possible.

This Morning crew replaced the normal models (ITV)

He revealed: "I love the fact that... I mean we love our real women who come in and model for us normally.

"We're trying to trim it down, some of them are a little bit older so we're trying to trim down the amount of people who are actually in the studio."

Phillip added: "I love the fact that we are using our team."

Earlier on in the episode, This Morning's Dr Zoe Williams confirmed she was in isolation believing she had the virus.

This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV.

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