South Korean Olympic table tennis team player Jeon Ji-Hee receives the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine (Chung Sung-Jun/AP)South Korea has begun administering fast-track Covid-19 vaccines to athletes, coaches and others expected to attend the Tokyo Olympics. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee says about 100 people received the first doses at a state-run Seoul hospital, the first day of the country’s prioritised vaccination programme for its Olympic delegation. Athletes can receive the vaccines if they have already secured berths at the Olympics or may do so in qualification tournaments. South Korea aims to send about 800-900 people to the Olympics, 350 of them athletes and coaches in 27 events. Committee officials expect to finalise the Olympic delegation in late June when all qualifying tournaments are finished.

Source: Irish Independent April 29, 2021 08:37 UTC