奧運參賽或須接種疫苗

Athletes urged to get vaccine
奧運參賽或須接種疫苗

Olympic "participants" and fans arriving for next year's postponed Tokyo Games will be encouraged to be vaccinated to protect the public, IOC President Thomas Bach said Monday.
國際奧委會主席巴赫11月16日表示，鼓勵東京奧運會的參賽者和觀衆都接種疫苗，以確保公衆的安全。東京奧運會已延至明年舉行。

Bach campaigned across Tokyo on Monday, his first visit to Japan since the Olympics were postponed almost 8 months ago amid the coronavirus pandemic.
11月16日，巴赫在東京參加一系列活動，這是自八個月前新冠病毒大流行導致東京奧運延遲後他首次訪問日本。

"In order to protect the Japanese people and out of respect for the Japanese people, the IOC will undertake great effort so that as many people as possible - Olympic participants and visitors will arrive here with a vaccine, if by then a vaccine is available," Bach said after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
在與日本首相菅義偉舉行會談後，巴赫表示：“爲了保護日本人民，也出於對日本人民的尊重，如果屆時有（新冠肺炎）疫苗，國際奧委會將作出最大努力，使盡可能多的人——奧運會參賽者和遊客在到達這裏之前完成疫苗注射。”

"We want to convince as many foreign participants as possible to accept a vaccine," Bach added later after meeting with Yoshiro Mori, the head of the local organizing committee. " This makes us all very confident that we can have spectators in the Olympic stadiums next year and that spectators will enjoy a safe environment."
在與東京奧組委主席森喜朗會面後，巴赫補充道：“我們希望說服儘可能多的外國參賽者接種疫苗，這樣一來明年觀衆將能夠進入奧運會場館內，也能擁有一個安全的環境，我們對此十分有信心。”

A possible vaccine was announced last week by Pfizer Inc, which could greatly help the IOC and local organizers stage the Olympics.
上週輝瑞製藥公司宣佈其疫苗項目取得進展，這可能對國際奧委會和東京奧組委推動賽事順利舉辦產生極大助力。

The Olympics are scheduled to open on July 23, 2021.
東京奧運會將於2021年7月23日開幕。