A just under six months after the start of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the head of the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports (Conade), Ana Gabriela Guevara, assured exclusively with TUDN that the agency contemplates the purchase of vaccines against the Covid-19 coronavirus.
“In the case of sport, it will be an element almost almost like a passport, indispensable to be able to travel and indispensable to be able to participate, then we are contemplating buying the vaccines in due course. There is still a lot of uncertainty as to what is good and what is recognized by the headquarters and from what time can it be done.
The 2004 Athens medalist stated that they will respect the vaccination schedule submitted by the government:
“That’s where we we begin to encounter obstacles in the process. Obviously at the time the vaccine is announced, obviously for the national team and for all those who make up the team, coaches, doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, etc., it represents a breath of hope that the vaccine exists, but it is true that We will play until May or June respecting the calendar that was presented. “
On a possible cancellation of the Olympic joust, Ana Guevara opined: “It is difficult to think about the two scenarios. Not to do the Olympics is to break with a generation and lose the opportunity and the dreams of the athletes who had their last chance to be there. And later face a scenario for which no one is prepared, a virus that does not yield, that complicates things much more, the global immunity stopped “.
Finally, the owner of the Conade expressed the uncertainty that exists to finish selecting the athletes who will attend Tokyo 2020:
“We it still remains to qualify 55 percent of the delegation, where there is no space. There is no country that raises its hand. We don’t know how they will qualify. There are many myths under the table of how it could be. “
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