Pfizer, BioNTech will vaccinate summer Olympians; Moderna says its vaccine is 96% effective in adolescents: Today's COVID-19 updates
John Bacon, Elinor Aspegren and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY
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The troubled Tokyo Games may get a boost from the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
The companies announced Thursday that they will donate COVID-19 vaccine to athletes and officials involved in this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan.
Delivery of initial doses is expected to begin at the end of May to ensure participating athletes and staff receive second doses ahead of arrivals in Tokyo. The Summer Olympics are scheduled to begin July 23. The Paralympics begin about a month later. The Games had been scheduled for last summer but were postponed one year because of the pandemic.