Vaccine uptake passes 90% for Irish athletes heading to Tokyo Olympics

Team Ireland’s chief medical officer has reported a vaccine uptake of over 90% so far among the hundred or so athletes expected to represent the country at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer.

Dr Jim O’Donovan has described the uptake as “remarkable”, and is holding out hope that the final figure could be somewhere between 95-100%. There has been some hesitancy, though not for reasons experienced elsewhere.