This year’s Winter Universiade in Lucerne has been cancelled less than two weeks before it was due to start because of the emergence of a new variant of COVID-19, according to insidethegames.biz.
Organizers announced the multi-sport event, which had been scheduled to run from December 11 to 21, would not go ahead.
The decision comes after Switzerland imposed border restrictions on travellers from several countries where the Omicron variant has been discovered.
Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Britain, The Netherlands, Hong Kong, Israel and Czech Republic are among the nations whose teams would have had to quarantine in Switzerland for 10 days upon arrival for the Winter Universiade.
Other countries are expected to be added to the list by the Swiss Government.
“In the face of travel restrictions being imposed in Switzerland and all around the world, we have had no other choice but to cancel the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade,” said International University Sports Federation (FISU) Acting President Leonz Eder.
Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency