Python virtual environment in R shinyapp.io stopped working suddenly

Hi,
I'm experiencing the same problem. However, the solution of uninstalling and reinstalling the older version of pip creates new errors when installing other packages such as numpy and pandas - the app runs fine locally so there shouldn't be syntax errors in the code. Any ideas what could be causing this?
This is the Shiny log I get when implementing the above solution: i.e.:

virtualenv_create(envname = "python_environment", python= "python3")
virtualenv_remove(envname = "python_environment", packages = "pip")
virtualenv_install("python_environment", packages = c('pip==19.0.3', 'langdetect', 'pandas','numpy','googletrans', 'xlrd'), ignore_installed = TRUE)
use_virtualenv("python_environment", required = TRUE)```
**The Shiny log displays the following: **
**Uninstalling pip-20.2b1:**
**Successfully uninstalled pip-20.2b1**
**Using virtual environment 'python_environment' ...**
**Collecting pip==19.0.3**
**Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d8/f3/413bab4ff08e1fc4828dfc59996d721917df8e8583ea85385d51125dceff/pip-19.0.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.4MB)**
**Collecting pandas**
**Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/53/87/6438c197fc70ca6b3056cfb60b3dfedca25bedb631bce1f72d6a10502d15/pandas-1.0.4.tar.gz (5.0MB)**
**Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:**
**Traceback (most recent call last):**
**f"numpy >= {min_numpy_ver}",**
**                            ^**
**You are using pip version 8.1.1, however version 20.1.1 is available.**
**You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command.**
**SyntaxError: invalid syntax**
** ----------------------------------------**
**Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-udl4526_/pandas/**
**Warning: Error in : Error installing package(s): 'pip==19.0.3', 'langdetect', 'pandas', 'numpy', 'googletrans', 'xlrd'**
**File "<string>", line 1, in <module>**
**File "/tmp/pip-build-udl4526_/pandas/setup.py", line 42**
**63: pip_install**
**61: server [/srv/connect/apps/xx/app.R#125]**
**62: virtualenv_install**
**64: stop**
**Error : Error installing package(s): 'pip==19.0.3', 'langdetect', 'pandas', 'numpy', 'googletrans', 'xlrd'**

Thanks !