Israel will host the Miss Universe beauty pageant on December 12 despite the concerns related to the spread of COVID-19 after the detection of a new strain of virus Omicron.
The contest will continue despite the country imposing travel restrictions in a bid to stave off the Omicron strain of the coronavirus.
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Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov said on Sunday that the participants in the contest which will be held in the Red Sea resort of Eilat will be granted waivers from the curbs. He said that they will possibly be subject to PCR testing every 48 hours and made to undergo other precautionary measures.
On Saturday, Israel announced it was banning the entry of foreigners into the country.
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Razvozov told reporters that the event will be broadcast in 174 countries, “a very important event, an event that Eilat, too, is very much in need of.”
“We will know how to manage this event. So, by using the waivers committee, we will have events like this, to which the country already committed itself and which we cannot cancel,” he added. (AW)
