Athletes receive COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of int’l tournaments
The first Vietnamese athletes have received the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations in Hanoi, ahead of this year's various international tournaments.
Fencer Vu Thanh An is one of the hundreds of athletes to receive COVID-19 vaccinations in preparation for their Olympic qualifiers (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The first Vietnamese athletes have received the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19vaccinations in Hanoi, ahead of this year's variousinternational tournaments.
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 thatwill compete for Olympics slots in the coming months.
Coach Park Hang-seo and his national football team will also vaccines aheadof the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in June in the UAE while Hanoi FC, SaigonFC and Viettel FC players and staff will also be inoculated ahead of theirparticipation in continental competitions.
“Tokyo Olympics qualification tournaments are ongoing until June 30 indifferent countries. The COVID-19 vaccine injection for athletes is to makesure that they are allowed to enter these destinations and prevent them frombeing infected,” said Tran Duc Phan, deputy head of the Vietnam SportsAdministration.
“The first group will be 180 athletes and coaches who are going to compete inthe Olympic qualifiers. There will be about 20 players injected per day.
"Meanwhile the other 192, including footballers, will be in the secondbatch later on,” he said.
“This is great support from the Government to athletes. It will help be themmore comfortable in training and competing.”/.
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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) 
