RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil began a mass vaccination program on Friday for athletes, coaches, staff, and journalists heading to the Olympic Games in Tokyo in July.
Doctors in six Brazilian cities vaccinated the first groups of 1,800 people, Olympians, and Paralympians among them.
“I feel like it gives me security,” one of these getting the Pfizer vaccine, archer Marcus Vincius D’Almeida, said.
“I was blocked from participating in some countries so now I feel that I can complete my pre-Olympic routine during these last three months without the worry that I will get sick.”
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