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IOC ‘not considering’ coronavirus vaccine as it pushes ahead with Tokyo Olympics planning
One of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) most senior officials says the Tokyo Olympic Games will go ahead even if athletes cannot be vaccinated beforehand.
Key points:
- The IOC says vaccinations will not be mandatory for athletes and officials in order for them to take part in the Games
- Lucia Montanarella says the COVID-19 vaccine “doesn’t come into play in any of our planning”
- The Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to begin on July 23
IOC’s head of media operations Lucia Montanarella is heavily involved in planning all the operational aspects of the Games with her counterparts from the Tokyo Organising Committee.
She briefed around 280 journalists from the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) on Wednesday morning (AEDT) and was…
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