NewsDio Desk : U.S Olympic athletes are very well on their way to get vaccination for a novel coronavirus and the process is going to be sooner than it was expected. The news comes in the wake of summer’s Tokyo Games. Sarah Hirshland CEO USOPC is quite optimistic about the fact that Team USA athletes will be ready by accomplishing different set of duties which are there for them to follow like vaccination. The process will be completed before the games, as then it will give them opportunity to conduct trails as well. She further expressed satisfaction about the news that the players are highly positive regarding the progress which she is seeing in US, with regards to the vaccines.
As per the reports, there have been 128 million doses of Covid 19 vaccines have been dispatched in the country while whopping 96 million shots have been administered as well. This figure has come to the fore from the data associated with U.S centers for disease control and prevention.
Athletes are going to get vaccinated right in their local communities and they are expected to get the doses as early as May.
Although, USOPC has not made it compulsory for the athletes to get vaccinated, in order to participate in the Olympic, yet it is hopeful that the players will readily take the vaccines on their own by realizing their duty. Hence, if they do so, then it is certainly going to inspire one and all.
However, Hirshland is of the view that in no way that the players will be pressurized and if any specific player chooses not to take vaccine, then the board is going to respect the rights of player as well.
The Tokyo Games which were affected due to coronavirus has been rescheduled and the much awaited games are going to start from July 23.
The eyes of everyone will be glued to the stadium as the games are naturally going to bring loads of excitement and fun for one and all.
Although, it is true that the threat may have subsided a bit, yet certainly didn’t end completely. Especially at the current times, when sporadic cases of Covid 19, comes to the fore and it really creates alarming bells. The authorities in Tokyo are going to take due precautions, owing to the same and understandably they will be taking series of preventive measures so that they are able to keep a check on the cases.
The planning authorities in Tokyo are going to work overboard for ensuring that the event goes smoothly and that the tournament should in no way boost the spread of the disease which has already affected the nook and corner of the world.
Well, for now the authorities are doing a commendable job and one should be optimistic that the event will gather the same warmth which it would have otherwise attracted in the pre Covid 19 era. Let’s have fingers crossed and hope for the best.
