Pfizer/BioNTech to directly provide vaccines for all Olympic athletes and support staff
The arrangement will be supplementary to any existing delivery agreements between Pfizer and the Irish government.
By AFP
Thursday 6 May 2021, 12:07 PM
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Athletes and supervisors at the FINA Diving World Cup in Tokyo earlier this week.
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Updated 9 hours ago
US DRUGS GIANT Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Thursday announced a deal with the International Olympics Committee (IOC) to provide vaccines to competitors and staff at the Tokyo games.
It means that vaccinations for the accredited Irish Olympic and Paralympic athletes as well as their support teams expecting to travel to Tokyo, which numbers in the low hundreds, will be made available directly by Pfizer/BioNTech.