Members of Canada's Winter Olympic team should be vaccinated against swine flu as a priority, their team doctor said on Tuesday. His remarks followed speculation in the Canadian media that ill athletes could be placed in quarantine during the competition. Bob McCormack, the Canadian team's chief doctor, told public television channel CBC that the Games in Vancouver could provide a breeding ground for the H1N1 virus and that athletes should therefore be vaccinated quickly. 'The Olympic Games is a global virus get-together, with thousands of athletes from hundreds of countries assembled in the little zone of the (Olympic) village,' he said. However, Canada's health minister Leona Aglukkaq has already indicated that she will not make vaccinating Olympic athletes a priority, stating that there is enough time before the Games begin in February for competitors to be vaccinated. 