Last Thursday, Agence France-Presse (AFP) affirmed that a source close to the Qatari organizers revealed that 1101 cases of new Coronavirus had been recorded in the World Cup project.
Press reports indicated the pressures of obligations to equip stadiums during the upcoming World Cup, which led to the continuation of equipping tasks for the World Cup stadiums in disregard to the health and safety of workers and engineers, which led to the exacerbation of injuries.
According to the organizing committee of the 2022 World Cup, hundreds of new COVID-19 cases were recorded among workers in the World Cup construction projects facility as well as the first death of an engineer which was recorded.
More than 1500 workers lost their lives while working to construct the 2022 World Cup stadiums, and Qatar faces many issues related to the oppression of these workers, which pushed humanitarian organizations describe what’s taking place as “slavery”.
Qatar is among the ountries in the world with the highest level of COVID-19 infections, with a rate of 3.3% out of its estimated population of 2.75 million people.
17.591 COVID-19 cases were registered, with 104 recorded deaths.
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