Chef de Mission, Patrick Bower. [File Photo]

Team Fiji athletes and staff will be fully vaccinated before they leave for the Tokyo Olympic Games next month. 

Chef de Mission, Patrick Bower has confirmed to FBC Sports that all the athletes whether in the country or out, will have to go through their second dose before arriving in Japan.

Bower says while competing at the Olympic Games is highly anticipated, health and safety must come first for Team Fiji.

“All the admin and some who are here who had the first vaccination cause most of the athletes are in Australia, well a bulk of them, and they will get their vaccination in Australia before arriving back in Fiji.”

He adds they are in touch with the Australian government who will facilitate the vaccination program for Fijian athletes. 

A few Team Fiji athletes and officials were at Twomey Hospital this morning to get their second dose of the AstraZeneca Vaccine.

FASANOC Chief Executive, Lorraine Mar says the athletes are well on track.

“We’ve made this arrangement so, for the first jab and now we just want to make sure that everyone gets the second jab so that it will be a lot safer for us when we’re traveling as well as when we get to japan.”

 The Olympic Games is 37 days away and so far only rugby 7s for both men and women plus sailor Sophia Morgan have qualified.