Olympic athlete vaccinations commence with new guidelines to alleviate concerns
Olympics-Athlete vaccinations started, ahead of the release of new guidelines that are meant to show that Tokyo Games organizers are in a much better position than the public perceives
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Posted: Jan 26, 2021 12:34 PM ET | Last Updated: January 26
IPC spokesman Craig Spence has said Olympic athletes have begun receiving vaccinations for COVID-19 and new guidelines will be in place to prove Olympic organizers are in a better position than believed to be.(File photo from Joe Scarnici/Getty Images)
President Joe Biden spoke to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday and offered his administration’s commitment to protecting the Senkaku Islands, a group of uninhabited islets administered by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing, the White House said.
Biden has previously expressed a commitment to the 1960 Japan-U.S. security treaty that covers the Senkaku Islands. But they are the subject of growing anxiety in Japan after China last week passed legislation authorizing coast guard ships to use weapons against foreign ships deemed to be involved in illegal activities around the islets in the East China Sea.
The White House said in a statement that the two leaders also spoke about other shared security concerns involving China as well as North Korea.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Athletes aiming to compete at this year's Tokyo Games without getting vaccinated against the coronavirus will face very tough condit.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Some athletes have already started being vaccinated against COVID-19, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday, ahead of the release of new guidelines that he says will show that Tokyo Games organisers are in a much better position than the public believes.
FILE PHOTO: The giant Olympic rings are seen over the sea, in Tokyo, Japan, January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
More than 15,000 competitors are expected at the July 23-Aug.8 Games, postponed from last year because of the pandemic.
With a recent poll suggesting around 80 percent of people in Japan not wanting the Games to be held this summer, and coronavirus cases rising across the world, organisers are battling to prove they can hold the Games safely in Tokyo [M1L1N2JW34O].