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Olympics-Israel to vaccinate athletes for Tokyo Games by May

27 Jan 2021 / 19:25 H.

    Jan 27 (Reuters) - Israel intends to have all its athletes due to compete at the Tokyo Olympics vaccinated against COVID-19 by May, its National Olympic Committee said on Wednesday.

    "As part of the Israel vaccination for corona procedure already 50% of all the Israel Olympic athletes delegation to Tokyo have been vaccinated," a Committee spokeswoman told Reuters in an email.

    "By the end of May 2021, all ...will be completely vaccinated against the coronavirus." (Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; editing by John Stonestreet)

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