In preparation for the Tokyo Olympics, which is less than two months before the opening, priority vaccination of the new coronavirus vaccine has begun for athletes and staff in the Philippines.
The Philippine government has designated medical professionals and key workers, as well as athletes and staff who are scheduled to participate in the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, and the international competition to be held in Vietnam in November, as targets for priority vaccination of the new corona vaccine. doing.
At the vaccination site set up in a hotel in the capital Manila, priority vaccinations for these athletes began on the 28th, and the vaccine developed by the Chinese pharmaceutical company "Sinovac" was vaccinated.
Chris Nievarez (21), a men's single scull on a rowing boat who has been vaccinated and will participate in the Olympic Games for the first time in 21 years as a representative of the Philippines, said, "I was relieved that I was vaccinated. I will. "
In addition, about 500 people including the officers and staff of the national team were vaccinated on this day.
According to the Philippine Olympic Committee, nine people, including Nievales, have been unofficially decided to participate in the Tokyo Olympics, but two of them have been vaccinated in the United States, where they are training camps. Therefore, in the future, we will also inoculate other athletes one by one.