The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will pay for the covid-19 vaccines that China has made available to Olympic and Paralympic athletes competing in Tokyo 2020 and, in addition, for each of those doses, the sports body will donate "two doses more for the population of the respective country ".

The president of the IOC, the German

Thomas Bach

, made this announcement before the 137th Session of the committee, which was convened electronically.

"You can report that a significant number of Olympic teams have already been vaccinated, in accordance with their national vaccination guidelines. Another significant number have already received commitment from their governments in this regard," Bach said.

"The IOC," he added, "has received a kind offer from the Chinese Olympic Committee, host of the Beijing 2022 Games. The offer consists of making available to the participants in the two editions of the Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 , additional doses of vaccines ".

The president of the IOC pointed out that this Chinese offer "is part of the true Olympic spirit of solidarity."

"In this spirit, the IOC will pay for these additional doses of vaccines, not only for the Olympic teams, but also for the Paralympics," he said.

"In addition, for each of these additional doses for an Olympic and Paralympic team, the IOC will pay two more doses that may be made available to the population of the respective country, according to their needs," announced the IOC President, re-elected this Wednesday to The charge.

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