Will the 26 blues called to participate in the Euro (June 11-July 11) be vaccinated against Covid-19 before the start of the competition?
The question is valid.
According to our information, the French Football Federation (FFF) has, in any case, recently taken steps in this direction with the government authorities.
There is no guarantee, for the moment, that this request, which is currently being studied, will receive a favorable response.
For 10 days the French athletes likely to participate in the Tokyo Olympics (July 23-August 8) have been granted priority access to the vaccine.
A decision motivated in particular by the fact that France wishes to see them prepare in the best conditions and especially by the desire not to create a cluster in Japan, where more than 10,000 athletes from all over the world will stay in the single village. Olympic.
Italian internationals vaccinated as a priority
Les Bleus du football (the list will be unveiled on May 18) could find themselves facing a deadline problem.
The Euro starts on June 11, in just over a month.
For example, Olympic athletes receive their first dose for 10 days and until Friday.
The second injection is scheduled between the last week of May and the first of June.
They are vaccinated in centers located in France.
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In addition, discussions are taking place with the association of pro leagues and the government so that professional athletes have had access to the vaccine before the resumption of the various championships, which seems possible in view of the vaccination schedule currently in force with access for all adults from June 15, 2021.
In agreement with the Ministry of Health, the Italian Council of Ministers has, for its part, authorized the priority vaccination of players preselected by Roberto Mancini for the European Nations Championship.
Half of the 35 players pre-summoned for the May 24 rally in Sardinia have already been vaccinated in Milan, the others in Rome.
They received a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.