Jungle camp
Is the show about to end because of the new Corona variant?
Will Sonja Zietlow and Daniel Hartwich really end up in South Africa?
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The jungle camp is to take place in South Africa for the first time in 2022, but a new corona variant is spreading there. What now?
Is the jungle camp in danger? Because of the corona pandemic, the RTL show “I’m a star – get me out of here!” will be filmed for the first time in South Africa in January 2022. But now a new variant of the corona virus is spreading there. And now? RTL (still) holds on to the location.
“The jungle camp will continue to be planned with South Africa, but of course under observation of current developments,” said an RTL spokesman when asked by the news agency spot on news.
Worrying variant in South Africa
A new mutation of the coronavirus is currently occurring more and more in southern Africa, variant B.1.1.529. For some experts it is the “worst variant so farThe outgoing Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (41, CDU) announced on Friday morning that South Africa would be declared a virus variant area. The EU Commission recommends that member states restrict air traffic to southern Africa.
Australian jungle camp moves back home
During the German edition of “Ich bin ein Star – Get me out of here!” as the British original filmed in Australia so far, the Australian “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!” in South Africa, near the Kruger National Park. But due to the pandemic, Australians will return to Down Under in 2022. The German jungle campers around Harald Glööckler (56) and Lucas Cordalis (54) should move into the orphaned camp.