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Eurovision 2021 | Maltese delegation tests negative for COVID-19 • Destiny misses official opening on Sunday after members from two other country delegations at same hotel test positive • Odds put Malta third
Malta’s Destiny Chukunyere will not be taking part in the opening of the Eurovision song contest as a COVID-19 precaution.
Sunday s Turquoise carpet event will launch the glitzy week-long Eurovision competition in Rotterdam, which was cancelled last year and scaled-down this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Although all members of the Maltese delegation have tested negative, a member of the Icelandic delegation, staying at the same hotel as Malta, tested positive for the virus. All members of that team are now in quarantine.
In a statement, the European Broadcasting Union, which organises the contest, said all artists received a PCR test on Saturday. All delegation members are taking PCR tests every two days.
A slip of the tongue from arts and culture minister José Herrera has earned him a lashing from the Malta Entertainment Industry and Arts Association (MEIA), after he claimed the arts were “more of a vocation” than a gainful occupation or business.
Herrera’s comments to journalists in a press conference on Monday, in which he said “the artist’s IQ is not so business-oriented” - a response to Net News on the support for artists during the COVID-19 pandemic - earned him rebuke from the MEIA.
“These comments, which are contradictory to the actual press conference he was part of, insult hundreds of people employed and self-employed in the sectors as well as the creative entrepreneurs who have built the industry through decades of hard work and investment,” the MEIA said.