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Masks, food trucks and private flights these are just some of the staples of Tyler Perrys "Camp Quarantine" production set. Perrys Georgia-based studio is one of the first to resume production this summer after the coronavirus pandemic forced Hollywood to grind to a halt. Armed with a 30-page plan for keeping all 360 production and crew members safe on set from COVID-19, the media mogul gave "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King a behind-the-scenes look at how Tyler Perry Studios is producing content while staying coronavirus-free. "Realizing that Black and Brown people are the people who are dying the most from COVID, I knew that I had to go far, far beyond," Perry said on "CBS This Morning" Wednesday. "I called Dr. Carlos del Rio, Emory Hospital, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Dr. Colleen Kraft, I showed them my plan, we all worked very closely on it to make sure that everybody was safe. "Wearing a mask and social distancing are strictly enforced at "Camp Quarantine," nicknamed so because cast and crew are required to live on site for each two-week production. To accommodate this, Perry constructed new buildings on the Atlanta lot to provide housing and keep employees safe from the rest of the states surging coronavirus cases. The crews had access to food trucks, movie nights and even an "open bar" to keep morale up during production. Perry said his safety plan was "the most stressful thing" he has ever done, and thanked ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish and BET President Scott Mills for helping finance the "extremely expensive" arrangements. "My crew, man, these people came in here with such vigor and tenacity and wanted to make this work. Im so proud of them and how they behaved and what they did," he said. "Im trying to make sure that they can not only thrive and survive in their livelihood, but also keep them safe. "Perry also aims to ensure his staff are coronavirus-free before, during and after filming with private flights for actors to and from

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