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Hungary’s NOC plans to begin vaccinating Olympic athletes in ‘‘a few weeks’’, while Denmark’s chef de mission hopes the country’s contingent of about 150 athletes and 200 officials will be fully inoculated by July 1.

Australia also announced yesterday it is planning to vaccinate its Olympians.

``We have received advice from ATAGI (Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation) on a rollout plan. Athletes fit within the plan and we'll get to them,'' federal sport minister Richard Colbeck said in comments published by the

yesterday.

Coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million globally on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as countries around the world struggle with new virus variants