Olympics athletes receive Pfizer vaccine

Vaccine dash. Olympic bound athletes will receive the jab this morning. PIC. KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Vaccine dash. Olympic bound athletes will receive the jab this morning. PIC. KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The Botswana National Olympics Committee (BNOC) chairperson, Botsang Tshenyego says local athletes who have qualified for the Olympic Games will receive Pfizer's vaccine shots this week.

Mmegi Sport has learnt the vaccines will be administered this morning, as the athletes take the final step before boarding the plane to Tokyo next month. The Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development, Tumiso Rakgare had told journalists in Gaborone on Wednesday, athletes will be inoculated without giving timelines.

BNOC’s Tshenyego told Mmegi Sport on the sidelines of a media engagement session held on Wednesday, the team will start getting jabs of the Pfizer vaccine this week.

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