The Guardian newspaper warned, in a report, of the rapid pace of the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Qatar due to its leniency in dealing with the situation FOR World Cup workers, who are crowded in buses and workplaces without any safety measures taken to protect them from the virus.
These circumstances lead to a rapid rise in the number of people infected with the virus. The report accused Qatar of mistreating workers and placing them in an inappropriate environment that helps the spread of the virus.
The Qatari Ministry of Health announced, yesterday evening, Thursday, that the number of people infected with Coronavirus rose to 549 cases.
The British newspaper said in its report that migrant workers building stadiums and infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar are being sent to work on crowded construction sites, despite a government order prohibiting “all forms of gathering” due to the current Coronavirus Pandemic.
With less than 1.000 days passing until the tournament kicks off, the workers said it was “going as usual” as construction continued at an uncompromising pace.
According to the report, buses packed with workers can be seen heading to work, while workers told the Guardian newspaper that they continue to carry long shifts with only limited health checks.
“It is difficult for employees in any context to refuse to go to work, but in systems like Qatar, where employers have maximum levels of control”, the newspaper quoted James Lynch, a director at Fair / Square Research and Enterprise and an expert on migrant workers in Qatar.
Lynch said that “for workers, this will be particularly risky, and new migration to Qatar has been stalled as a result of the pandemic, so the impact of losing your job is now worse than it will be anyway.”
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Qatar has now exceeded 500, with migrant workers as a vast majority.
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