TT athletes will participate in a ten-day camp in Osaki Town, Japan prior to the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after a fruitful meeting was held on Friday including officials of the TT Olympic Committee (TTOC).
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Japan panel okays Moderna, AstraZeneca COVID-19 jabs before Olympics
TOKYO: A Japanese government panel on Thursday (May 20) recommended approval of Moderna and AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccines, as criticism mounts over the slow start to inoculations with just two months until the Olympics.
![International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach delivers an opening speech on a screen at a meeting of the IOC Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan, May 19, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]](/images/news-2021/60a5be71a31024adbdc8c8e2.jpeg "International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach delivers an opening speech on a screen at a meeting of the IOC Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan, May 19, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]")
IOC chief, Japanese PM promise Tokyo Olympics to be held safely
TOKYO -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday both reiterated their commitment that the postponed Olympic Games will be held as scheduled in a safe way.
Bach bids to calm nerves of Japanese public and says 80 per cent in Tokyo 2020 Village will be vaccinated
Thomas Bach believes more than 80 per cent of people inside the Tokyo 2020 Athletes' Village will be vaccinated against COVID-19 during this year's Olympics - and has again insisted the Games will be "safe and secure".
TTOC accepts Panam Sports' vaccine offer
TT OLYMPIC Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis has accepted an offer by the Pan American Sports Organisation to vaccinate all qualified athletes and accredited officials who will participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
PANAM SPORTS to offer 4,000 Vaccines to Athletes and Officials traveling to Tokyo
Thanks to an important agreement with the University of Miami and the Consulate of Mexico, the Pan American Sports Organization will offer vaccination to all qualified athletes and accredited officials who have not yet been inoculated against Covid-19.