Joy Behar sought to reassure viewers after The View co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro both found out during a broadcast that they had tested positive for Covid.
Hostin and Navarro were on air at the time, and were asked to leave the set due to the positive results.
Vice President Kamala Harris was supposed to join them for an interview around that time, but the segment was delayed and eventually held remotely.
Behar then explained: “Since this is going to be a major news story any minute now, what happened is that Sunny and Ana both apparently tested positive for Covid.