South Korea begins vaccination of likely Olympic team members

The committee says a total of 930 players, coaches, officials and other support staff will be given either Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines ahead of the Tokyo Games set to begin in July.

South Korean Olympic table tennis team player Jeon Ji-Hee receives the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine (Chung Sung-Jun/AP)

South Korea has begun administering fast-track Covid-19 vaccines to athletes, coaches and others expected to attend the Tokyo Olympics.

The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee says about 100 people received the first doses at a state-run Seoul hospital, the first day of the country’s prioritised vaccination programme for its Olympic delegation.