Over 1,000 Qatar world cup workers test positive for Covid-19

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Over 1,000 Qatar world cup workers test positive for Covid-19
Guardian UK
Pete Pattisson

From live update Coronavirus coverage:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/jun/25/coronavirus-live-news-who-warns-of-global-oxygen-shortage-as-cases-rise-by-1m-per-week

Snips:

Over one thousand workers employed on projects for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have tested positive for the coronavirus, and an engineer has died after contracting Covid-19, as preparations for the tournament have continued relentlessly despite the global pandemic.

Qatar has one of the highest rates of infection per capita in the world, with almost 92,000 cases, in a population of just 2.8 million. During May over a third of those tested were found to be positive. The number of deaths have remained low, with just 106 fatalities.

Despite the high infection rate, there has been almost no let up in the pace of construction at the new stadiums. Last week, Education City stadium, the third of eight World Cup venues to be completed, was officially opened.

Also see this related report on Medium.com:

https://medium.com/dohanews/exclusive-first-world-cup-related-covid-death-3b65ddae81b1

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Our source, told us that from the 40,000 people working on the 2022 World Cup, some 1100 have contracted the virus, almost all of those have recovered but there are still 121 active cases.

I've read numerous reports about the near slavery-like horrific working conditions of these workers brought to Quatar on contract and how it's almost impossible for them to go home even in an emergency. Many have died from heat exhaustion and construction accidents, all just to build a huge sports venue for a one-time series of games.

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