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. “We want to see our athletes head to Tokyo to compete and then return to Australia safely,” Health Minister Greg Hunt said in a joint statement with Sports Minister Richard Colbeck. “While vulnerable Australians remain an absolute priority as the vaccine rollout continues, National Cabinet understands the pressure our high-performance athletes have been facing as the Tokyo Games draw closer,” Colbeck said. “This will be a very different Olympics and Paralympics, but our athletes deserve the opportunity to compete.” Athletes over …