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Miss France tests positive for covid after arriving in Israel

November 30, 2021 at 8:34 am

(From L) Miss France Organisation Director and Miss France 2002 Sylvie Tellier, Miss France 2020 Clemence Botino and French TV host Jean-Pierre Foucault perform on stage during the Miss France 2021 beauty contest at the Puy-du-Fou, in Les Epesses, western France, on December 19, 2020. [LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images]

Miss France Clémence Botino tested positive for coronavirus shortly after arriving in Israel to participate in the Miss Universe 2021 pageant, Israel Hayom reported.

The paper quoted informed sources as saying that Botino was taken in an ambulance to a government isolation hotel yesterday morning and she will most likely miss the competition on 12 December in Eilat.

The Miss Universe Organisation said all those who came in contact with the contestant are being alerted and advised to isolate as well.

Most of the competition’s 80 contestants are already in Israel.

Israel has recently imposed fresh restrictions on travel following the emergence of the new Omicronof variant of the virus.

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