Australian Olympic Athletes Prioritized For COVID-19 Vaccination

From L-R: Australian athletes AJ Roach, Henry Hutchinson, Marina Carrier, Jake Birtwhistle, Charlotte Caslick, Lisa Darmanin, Katie Ebzer, Lucy Stephan, Maurice Longbottom and Tom O'Halloran pose during the unveiling of the ASICS Australian Olympic Team competition uniforms for the Tokyo 2020 Games in front of the Sydney Opera House on March 31, 2021. Steven Saphore/ Getty Images

Australian athletes attending the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will be prioritized to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.

National Cabinet agreed on Tuesday that the Australian Olympic team, with 480 athletes and over 1500 support staff, will be vaccinated as part of the priority group 1b, which includes health care workers, elderly people over 70, indigenous Australians over 55, and adults with an underlying medical condition or significant disability among others.