International Olympic Committee: Consider giving priority to vaccination of athletes to ensure that the Games will proceed as scheduled

Overseas Network, January 6 According to a report by the British Sky News Network on the 6th, Dick Pound, a senior official of the International Olympic Committee, said that participating athletes should give priority to the new crown vaccine in order to avoid the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics.

Dick Pound, a senior official of the International Olympic Committee, said he believes that as long as the athletes are vaccinated in advance, the Olympic Games can still be held. The International Olympic Committee is also considering assisting athletes who are not eligible for vaccination to achieve vaccination before the summer. The report also said that the British government is discussing priority vaccination for athletes with the British Olympic Association to ensure that the vaccination is completed by the end of July. At the same time, it also emphasizes that this priority will not be at the expense of the elderly and the disadvantaged.

The outside world is concerned about whether this year’s Tokyo Olympics can be held as scheduled on July 23. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced on the 5th that the Japanese metropolitan area will enter a state of emergency on the 7th, and the situation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic is not optimistic. The International Olympic Committee is preparing a plan for the possible circumstances of the Tokyo Olympics, and it does not rule out the possibility of playing behind closed doors.

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