Tokyo Olympics: 2020 Games organisers to offer Covid-19 vaccine to volunteers, some already jabbed

It was reported earlier this month around 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers who signed up to help at the Olympics had quit.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games organisers will give all 70,000 volunteers working for the Games an opportunity to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Saturday, citing organisers. Nikkei said some of the volunteers have already been vaccinated. Public broadcaster NHK reported earlier this month around 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers who signed up to help at the Games had quit. Multiple opinion polls have shown that a majority of respondents are opposed to holding the Games this summer during the pandemic.