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“I wanted to get vaccinated so as not to get sick and the disease won’t damage my legs during sports. It will still be necessary to get vaccinated, so if there is the possibility of doing it earlier, why avoid it?” Said tennis player Ričardas Berankis.
Athletes and their team members included in the vaccinated priority list were divided into two groups by government decree. The first group, consisting of 82 people, was vaccinated on February 11.
Representatives from boxing, tennis, volleyball, athletics, kayaking and canoeing, rowing, wrestling, equestrian sports, basketball, table tennis and sailing, athletes, their coaches and doctors were trained for the Paralympic Games this Thursday. A total of 73 people.
A total of 290 Olympic and Paralympic team candidates, their coaches and doctors are expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Due to the training and competition schedule, those who could not join the first two groups will be vaccinated separately.
Vaccinated people should receive a second dose of AstraZeneca after 35 days.
Candidates for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games teams, their coaches and doctors were included in the priority list of vaccinated on the recommendation of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports.
The Tokyo Olympics will be held from July 23 to August 8.
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