Covid-19
Voluntary vaccination for Russian athletes going to Tokyo Olympics, sports minister says
Russian athletes going to this summer’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will be vaccinated against COVID-19 on a voluntary basis, the country’s Sports Minister, Oleg Matytsin, said on Wednesday.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said getting the vaccine is “encouraged” but not compulsory for athletes.
“A decision was taken about the voluntary vaccination of athletes of the Russian national team,” Russian news agencies cited Matytsin as saying.
“Specialists from the FMBA (Federal Medical-Biological Agency) are working together with federations. For us this situation is the main challenge before the Games.”
Athletes from Russia will compete under the acronym ROC without their flag and anthem at the Games as part of sanctions for several doping scandals, the IOC said last month.
The Tokyo Games, which were pushed back by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, are scheduled to begin on July 23.
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