A board of Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games is displayed on the wall of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo on May 31, 2021. (KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP)

TOKYO - Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games organizers will give all 70,000 volunteers working for the Games an opportunity to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Saturday, citing organizers.

The Nikkei newspaper on Saturday said some of the volunteers have already been vaccinated

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Nikkei said some of the volunteers have already been vaccinated.

The Tokyo 2020 organizers did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Public broadcaster NHK reported earlier this month around 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers who signed up to help at the Games had quit. Multiple opinion polls have shown that a majority of respondents are opposed to holding the Games this summer during the pandemic.