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| Fencer Vu Thanh An is one of the hundreds of athletes to receive COVID-19 vaccinations in preparation for their Olympic qualifiers (Photo: VNA) |
On the first day of the inoculation
programme for athletes, wrestlers, taekwondo and judo martial artists and their
coaches received the shots.
Next are the fencing, boxing, swimming, gymnastics and weightlifting teams that
will compete for Olympics slots in the coming months.
Coach Park Hang-seo and his national football team will also vaccines ahead
of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in June in the UAE while Hanoi FC, Saigon FC
and Viettel FC players and staff will also be inoculated ahead of their
participation in continental competitions.
“Tokyo Olympics qualification tournaments are ongoing until June 30 in different
countries. The COVID-19 vaccine injection for athletes is to make sure that they
are allowed to enter these destinations and prevent them from being infected,”
said Tran Duc Phan, deputy head of the Vietnam Sports Administration.
“The first group will be 180 athletes and coaches who are going to compete in
the Olympic qualifiers. There will be about 20 players injected per day.
"Meanwhile the other 192, including footballers, will be in the second batch
later on,” he said.
“This is great support from the Government to athletes. It will help be them
more comfortable in training and competing.”/.
VNA
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