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.
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Greg Slaughter has obviously worn out his welcome at Barangay Ginebra.
The 7-foot center was officially traded by the Kings to NorthPort Batang Pier for Christian Standhardinger in a blockbuster trade that was long in coming.
The PBA trade committee approved the transaction on Thursday, putting an end to weeks of speculation on the fate of the two unsettled big men.
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Slaughter went on a self-imposed sabbatical after the 2019 season amid talk of a disagreement with management on a contract extension and ended up missing Ginebra s championship run in the PBA Philippine Cup bubble.