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■ With iPhones and Skype, Conan O’Brien is going back on the air. The latenight host said he will resume putting out new episodes of TBS’ Conan on March 30. His staff will remain at home, and the show will be cobbled together with O’Brien on an iPhone and guests via Skype.“This will not be pretty, but feel free to laugh at our attempt,” said O’Brien on Twitter. The late-night shows have all shut down production because of the coronavirus pandemic to avoid congregating live audiences and large TV crews. Some hosts have pumped out web videos. Jimmy Fallon has produced 10-minute “At Home” shows for NBC’s Tonight. In one episode, he did a video chat with Lin-Manuel Miranda. Jimmy Kimmel and David Spade have given monologues from their homes. On Monday, Stephen Colbert delivered a 10-minute monologue from his bathtub in a segment that was added to an episode that was otherwise a rerun of CBS’s The
Late Show. O’Brien, though, is the first to try to remotely mount a full broadcast from home. “The quality of my work will not go down because technically that’s not possible,” O’Brien said in a statement. For most people, the coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. The vast majority of people recover from the virus.
■ The palace of Monaco says its ruler, Prince Albert II, has tested positive for the coronavirus, but his health is not worrying. Albert, 62, appeared to be the first head of state who has publicly said he contracted the virus. In a statement Thursday, the palace said he is being treated by doctors from the Princess Grace Hospital, named after his U.S. actress mother. It says Albert is continuing to work from his home office in the palace and is in constant contact with members of his government. In the statement, Albert urged residents of his tiny Mediterranean principality to respect confinement measures. Albert is the second child of Princess Grace — formerly Grace Kelly — and Prince Rainier of Monaco. Albert became a five-time Olympic bobsledder and in recent years has been a global environmental campaigner. Fluent in English and French, Albert graduated from Amherst College in Massachusetts with a degree in political science in 1981 and is a member of the International Olympic Committee. He and his wife, the former Charlene Wittstock, have twin children.