Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 6 -- The organizers of the Grammy Music Awards in the United States announced on the 5th that due to the spread of the new coronavirus variant, the awards ceremony originally scheduled to be held at a stadium in downtown Los Angeles on the 31st of this month was postponed, and the new date will be announced later.
According to Reuters, CBS and the Recording Academy, which organized the awards ceremony, issued a joint statement: "Given the uncertainty surrounding the Omikejong variant, there are too many risks to host the awards ceremony on January 31." ”
The 2021 Grammy Awards ceremony was postponed from January 31 to March 14 of that year due to the covid-19 epidemic, and only a few people watched the scene, including nominees and guests.
The organizers had hoped to basically restore the scale of the awards ceremony this year and attract a large number of spectators to the scene.
Pictured here is The American singer Cathy Musgraves, who won the Album of the Year award for her album "Golden Hour" in Los Angeles, USA, appeared on the red carpet on February 10, 2019. The 61st American Grammy Awards ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on the evening of the 10th. (Xinhua News Agency)
The Grammy Awards are not the only entertainment event in the United States that has changed its plans because of the Omicron communication. The organizers of the Sundance Film Festival announced on the 4th that the film festival originally scheduled to open in Park City, Utah, on January 20 was changed to online. In addition, the Critics' Choice Awards ceremony, which was scheduled to be held on the 9th, will be postponed, and the specific date is expected to be determined.
According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the week ending on the 1st, the proportion of new confirmed cases in the United States has reached 95.4% of the infection of the Amicoreon strain, which almost completely replaced the original popular Delta strain. (Ou Sa)