Hungarian athletes must have three vaccines to make it to the Winter Olympics

At its meeting on November 17, the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) elected three new members to its Athletes Committee, approved the composition of the delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics and decided on the criteria for immunity.

According to the organization’s website, the Hungarian side can participate in the Beijing Olympics if they have three vaccines. Dr András Tállay, the team’s chief medical officer and chairman of the MOB medical committee, can waive this requirement with good reason.

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Featured Image: Hungarian Sándor Liu Shaolin (center) and brother Liu Shaoang (right, both Olympic champions), who went on to win the men’s 500m final at the European Short Track Speed ​​Skating Championships , and Itzhak de Laat (left) from the Netherlands, at Főnix Hall in Debrecen, Hungary, January 25, 2020. Photo by Zsolt Czeglédi / MTI