Hollyoaks star Haiesha Mistry reveals cast have been ‘sent home’ after ‘sickness’ breaks out on set

Hollyoaks star Haiesha Mistry has revealed that cast members on the Channel 4 soap had been sent home after illness broke out on set.

The actress, 28, who plays Yasmine Maalik, returned to the Liverpool set on Tuesday following the Christmas break but was filming was soon cancelled ‘cos of sickness’.

Haiesha snapped a glamorous selfie of herself after having her hair and make-up done early for a day of filming, only to be told she had to go home.

She penned: ‘First day back filming this morning with a 7:25am make up call.

‘Hair and make up done only to be sent home cos of sickness. I’m not ill but stay safe people.’

Then referencing her glam look, she added: ‘U know when you have a good make-up day tho.’

MailOnline have contacted representatives of Hollyoaks for comment.

In March last year, Hollyoaks joined the other soap and many TV shows in shutting down production due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

In November, Denise Welch, who played Trish Minniver, was removed from set after testing positive for Covid.

Sharing the news on Twitter, she wrote: ‘Just had covid. Nothing like the bronchitis I had recently which was most ill I’ve ever been. Lost taste & smell with both. At work 10 days ago.

‘Was removed from set & they had me tested. LF & PCR taken at same time. LF was negative, PCR came back positive. Go figure.’

She went on to add: ‘By the way I’m not negating the danger of Covid in some people. I just lost my dad to pneumonia. All horrible virus’. But the testing is ridiculous. And to me all proves how pointless covid passports are.’

It comes after Hollyoaks looked set to kick 2022 off with a literal bang as a huge explosion rips though the village in shock scenes seen in a brand new trailer.

And amid the terror and destruction following a huge inferno at Salon de Thé, young Bobby Costello is seen telling a devastating lie as he leaves his trapped step-father Sylver McQueen for dead.

Meanwhile, Toby Faroe’s past catches up with him as he looks set to confess to Lisa Loveday’s murder to mum Martine and girlfriend Cleo.

The nail-biting clip teasing the hour-long special next week shows several characters’ lives in danger as fire engulfs the salon during Marnie Nightingale’s Dee Valley hospital fundraiser.

And one life hanging in the balance is that of Slyver who returns to the village and attempts to rescue his family after initially leaving wife Mercedes McQueen over fears she’d cheat on him again.

However, after finding himself trapped in the rubble, he pleads with step-son Bobby to tell someone where he is so he can be saved.

But after reuniting with worried mum Mercedes who asks if he’s seen Sylver, Bobby lies and says he hasn’t seen him – leaving Sylver trapped and facing imminent death.

Later in the trailer, Bobby is seen smiling sinisterly – has he inherited his killer grandfather Silas Blissett’s evil ways?

Meanwhile, having seemingly gotten away with murdering Lisa Loveday, Toby is revelling in being the ‘man of the moment’ having passed his psych test to become his grandfather’s kidney donor.

But his life looks set to unravel when undercover officer Saul Reeves figures out that Toby bumped off Lisa and confronts him about his  crimes, telling Tobey he doesn’t ‘deserve’ the happiness he now has.

Toby is later seen preparing to tell the shocking truth to Cleo McQueen and Martine Westwood just as the explosion goes off – but will he survive to reveal his terrible killer secret?

Hollyoaks airs every weeknights at 6:30pm on Channel 4 and first look episodes air at 7pm on E4, and 6:30pm on Channel 4.