Team Japan won’t take Chinese vaccines, Tokyo Olympics minister says


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March 12, 2021 adminer Sports 0 A healthcare worker receives a Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine called COVAXIN, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital in New Delhi, India, Jan. 16, 2021. (Reuters photo) Japanese athletes at the Summer Olympics will not be eligible for coronavirus vaccinations offered by China since Japan has not approved the vaccines, Olympics Minister Tamayo Marukawa said on Friday. The Chinese Olympic Committee offered vaccine doses for participants in this year’s Tokyo Olympics and the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had said on...