The OIC has actually used us (the Pitzer vaccine). They have actually composed a letter to us about their readiness to send out the Pitzer vaccine if any of the NOCs ( National Olympic Committees) had actually not immunized its athletes.
Jakarta – The International Olympic Committee (OIC) has actually used the Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI) Pitzer COVID-19 vaccine for its athletes contending in the Tokyo Olympiad to be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021.
Nevertheless, the KOI has not accepted the offer given that Indonesian professional athletes were administered the Sinovac vaccine in February 2021, KOI Secretary General Ferry Kono kept in mind in Jakarta on Sunday.
” The OIC has provided us (the Pitzer vaccine). They have actually composed a letter to us about their readiness to send the Pitzer vaccine if any of the NOCs (National Olympic Committees) had not vaccinated its professional athletes,” he remarked.
” We have actually written a letter to BPOM (the Food and Drug Control Firm) to seek information about the system since our athletes have been administered the Sinovac vaccine,” he noted.
US pharmaceutical giant Pifzer and its German partner BionTech have actually reached a contract with OIC to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to participants of the Tokyo Olympiad.
Pfizer/BioNTech made guarantee that its coronavirus vaccine will be made available to any country before their professional athletes depart for Tokyo.
The arrangement between Pfizer/BioNTech and OIC is deemed essential given that Tokyo and numerous parts of Japan are presently in a state of emergency for COVID-19 cases.
Over 11 thousand professional athletes worldwide will complete in the Tokyo Olympiad. However, numerous professional athletes have actually been immunized versus COVID-19 in their country of origin.
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