Olympic chief Bach to respond to Tokyo Games fears | Malay Mail

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LAUSANNE, Jan 27 — With the coronavirus pandemic threatening the holding of the re-arranged Tokyo Olympics, IOC chief Thomas Bach is expected today to set out how a “safe” Games could be organised and respond to growing questions on vaccinating competitors. The International Olympic Committee...

In this file photo taken November 17, 2020 IOC president Thomas Bach waves as he speaks to the media during a visit to the National Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games postponed until July 2021 due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Tokyo. — AFP pic

While it urged participants to be vaccinated, the IOC said that was only part of its Covid-19 “toolbox”. After the last executive board meeting, the IOC released a statement on December 12, the same day the Pfizer vaccine was approved in the United States, expressing its “full commitment” to staging the Games.

Bach has said there would be “neither a vaccine obligation nor a priority to athletes” for the Games.The head of France’s Olympic Committee, Denis Masseglia, said this week that “for legal reasons” the IOC could not make vaccination obligatory even if it wanted to.

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