st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam late this year.
Fernandez said vaccines for athletes are not only beneficial for their physical health but also their mental condition.
“Magandang mabakuhanan sila kasi peace of mind din para sa kanila habang nagti-training,” Fernandez said during the Philippine Sportswriters Association Online Forum Tuesday, April 13.
“Hopefully July or August ma-vaccine na sila. Based sa pagdating ng vaccine.”
Fernandez’s statements came a day after reports there are two athletes who tested positive for COVID-19.
Sources refused to divulge any information on the two athletes particularly their sport, although assured that both are asymptomatic and are currently recovering at quarantine facilities at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex and Philsports Arena in Pasig City.
Philippine Sports Commissioner Mon Fernandez is encouraging national sports associations (NSAs) to look for local government units who can help them set up bubble training for athletes bound for the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam late this year.
Published January 29, 2021, 5:55 PM
Philippine Sports Commissioner Mon Fernandez has been working with various agencies and officials to get approval for the resumption of training for Southeast Asian Games-bound athletes late this year.
Fernandez, who is also appointed as the country’s chief of mission to the biennial meet slated in Vietnam, said they have been discussing with the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) on how to resume formal training to the rest of the athletes.
“We are working on it,” Fernandez said.
So far, the Inter-Agency Task Force only allowed athletes seeking berths to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics as well as qualifiers to train in a bubble-type setup.