FILE PHOTO: Olympics - Brazilian athletes and staff travelling to Tokyo for the Olympics receive COVID-19 vaccine - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - May 14, 2021 Brazil's Ana Marcela Cunha, Larissa de Oliveira, Marcos Vinicius D’Almeida and Michel Pessanha pose after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Some 80 percent of athletes qualified for the Tokyo Olympics have already been vaccinated against COVID-19, with the International Olympic Committee pushing to raise that number with just over a month to go before the start of the Games.
The Japanese capital is set to host the once-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics from July 23, amid concerns that the global event will burden a medical system already strained by the coronavirus pandemic.
Limited time offer:
Just RM5 per month.
