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.
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PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee President Abraham Tolentino announced on Wednesday that the POC, acting on its capacity as a private entity, will procure coronavirus vaccines for Filipino athletes seeing at the Hanoi Southeast Asian Games later this year. (POC)
THE Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) on Wednesday announced that it will procure coronavirus vaccines for Filipino athletes competing at the Hanoi Southeast Asian (SEA) Games later this year.
POC President Abraham Tolentino said that the local Olympic body, acting on its capacity as a private entity, will start planning and processing vaccine procurement with the end view of helping athletes better prepare for the biennial sporting meet set to take place from Nov. 21 to Dec. 2 in Vietnam.
st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam late this year.
The announcement came after Malacañang allowed private companies to secure for their workplace.
“This is good news for Filipino athletes who will be competing in the Hanoi SEA Games,” Tolentino said, adding it will use the $40,000 subsidy from the Olympic Council of Asia to purchase the vaccine.
The country has sent an entry by number of 626 athletes to the SEAG Organizing Committee to compete in 39 of 40 sports. Entry by name will be finalized in the coming months.
Tolentino has already appointed POC First Vice President Al Panlilio to chair the task force on the COVID-19 vaccine procurement, where it would decide which brand they would procure for the athletes.