Pfizer and BioNTech set to donate COVID-19 vaccines

A healthcare worker prepares a dose of China's Sinopharm coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a sports centre, as the country continues its mass inoculation campaign, in Stip, North Macedonia May 6, 2021. [REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski]

Vaccine developers Pfizer and BioNTech will donate doses to inoculate athletes and officials preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, the IOC said yesterday.

Delivery of doses is set to begin this month to give Olympic delegations time to be fully vaccinated with a second shot before arriving in Tokyo for the games, which open on July 23.