Olympics-Team GB will be fully vaccinated before Tokyo 2020 - BOA


FILE PHOTO: Winter Olympics - Team GB Homecoming - Heathrow Airport, London, Britain - February 26, 2018 Sir Hugh Robertson (Chairman, BOA) during the press conference Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra

(Reuters) - Team GB is on track to ensure all athletes and staff are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of next month's Tokyo Olympics, the British Olympic Association (BOA) said on Tuesday.

In a letter to the president of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee Seiko Hashimoto, the BOA's chair Hugh Robertson said the British delegation will do everything to minimise COVID-19 risks to the Japanese public ahead of next month's Games.

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