![International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach delivers an opening speech on a screen at a meeting of the IOC Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan, May 19, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]](/images/news-2021/60a5be71a31024adbdc8c8e2.jpeg "International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach delivers an opening speech on a screen at a meeting of the IOC Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan, May 19, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]")
TOKYO -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday both reiterated their commitment that the postponed Olympic Games will be held as scheduled in a safe way.
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Bach bids to calm nerves of Japanese public and says 80 per cent in Tokyo 2020 Village will be vaccinated
Thomas Bach believes more than 80 per cent of people inside the Tokyo 2020 Athletes' Village will be vaccinated against COVID-19 during this year's Olympics - and has again insisted the Games will be "safe and secure".
TTOC accepts Panam Sports' vaccine offer
TT OLYMPIC Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis has accepted an offer by the Pan American Sports Organisation to vaccinate all qualified athletes and accredited officials who will participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
PANAM SPORTS to offer 4,000 Vaccines to Athletes and Officials traveling to Tokyo
Thanks to an important agreement with the University of Miami and the Consulate of Mexico, the Pan American Sports Organization will offer vaccination to all qualified athletes and accredited officials who have not yet been inoculated against Covid-19.
WHO: “IOC, organisers and Japanese government working extremely hard to ensure risks are well managed at Olympic Games Tokyo 2020”
The Executive Director of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Health Emergencies Programme, Dr Michael Ryan, has welcomed the strict COVID-19 countermeasures which are being put in place for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Lewis: TTOC to tap into IOC Sinopharm programme
As the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and China announced their collaboration to offer vaccines to athletes and teams preparing for the upcoming Tokyo and Beijing Games, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis says his organisation will attempt to tap into the programme....