The number of episodes being aired of Emmerdale is set to change in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
ITV has confirmed new measures are being taken to try and keep the popular soap on the air until the summer.
The news follows after it was revealed yesterday that filming of both Emmerdale and Coronation Street had been suspended as producers worked to follow government advice surrounding the global outbreak.
Episodes of Emmerdale will be reduced to three episodes per week.
From today, Monday, March 23, both soaps will stop being made for the foreseeable future.
A new statement from ITV reads: "Following yesterday’s announcement that filming of Coronation Street and Emmerdale will be suspended, ITV has taken the decision to reduce Emmerdale’s transmission pattern to three episodes per week from Monday 30 March.
"The Yorkshire based soap will air on Monday, Wednesday and Friday with Coronation Street airing at 7.30pm on the same nights.
"The change to Emmerdale’s transmission pattern will ensure we have episodes of both soaps airing on ITV until at least the early summer."
