The Chinese Communist Party offered to provide COVID-19 vaccine doses for all athletes competing at the Olympic games in Tokyo later this year and Beijing …
The Chinese Communist Party offered to provide COVID-19 vaccine doses for all athletes competing at the Olympic games in Tokyo later this year and Beijing next year. International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach praised China’s offer in an announcement Thursday, according to The Washington Post. He said China’s offer represented the “true Olympic spirit of solidarity.” The IOC is offering to pick up the costs for vaccinated all Olympic and Paralympic games athletes, and will also pay for two additional doses to be made available in athletes’ countries, Bach said. Olympic organizers have said that it will not be required that athletes are vaccinated in order to compete, but they encourage everyone to get vaccinated if possible.
