BioNTech SE: Pfizer and BioNTech to Provide COVID-19 Vaccine Doses for Olympic Athletes at the 2020 Tokyo Games
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s capital on Thursday asked the government to extend until May 31 its state of emergency aimed at curbing coronavirus infections, a move that could spark more questions about its ability to host the Olympics.
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, makes his way at a local shopping street in Tokyo, Japan, May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Japan had hoped a “short and powerful” emergency would contain a fourth wave of infections just under three months before Tokyo is set to host the Olympic Games from July 23.
While the measure, now running from April 25 until Tuesday, has not curbed the spread of infections, continuing it until May 31 leaves a margin of less than two months before the Games, already postponed by a year over the pandemic.
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Pfizer and BioNTech to Provide COVID-19 Vaccine Doses for Olympic Athletes at the 2020 Tokyo Games
Pfizer and BioNTech to Provide COVID-19 Vaccine Doses for Olympic Athletes at the 2020 Tokyo Games
NEW YORK and MAINZ, GERMANY, May 6, 2021
BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to donate the companies’ COVID-19 vaccine to help vaccinate athletes, and their delegations, participating in the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, which are scheduled to begin on July 23, 2021.
Under the MoU, the companies and the IOC will coordinate with National Olympic Committees (NOCs) around the world to understand and work to help address the local need for vaccine doses for national delegations’ participation in the Games. Delivery of initial doses to participating delegations is expected to begin at the end of May where possible with the aim to ensure participating dele
Pfizer, BioNTech Offer COVID-19 Vaccine Doses To Olympic Athletes At 2020 Tokyo Games
NEW YORK CITY (dpa-AFX) - Covid vaccine developers Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE agreed to provide their vaccine doses to all those participating in the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, which are scheduled to begin on July 23, 2021.
The companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding or MoU with the International Olympic Committee or IOC to donate their COVID-19 vaccine to the participating athletes and their delegations.
Under the MoU, the companies and the IOC will coordinate with National Olympic Committees or NOCs around the world to find out the need for vaccine doses to vaccinate participating delegations.