1,100 of the 40,000 workers on World Cup sites have been infected with COVID-19 with one worker dying from the virus. The figures are only the second to be released publicly by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar; in mid-April it was reported that eight employees had contracted the virus.

The engineer who died from COVID had been receiving intensive care treatment, as per guidelines from the Qatar Ministry of Public Health.

The Supreme Committee have previously detailed that they have taken robust health & safety measures to mitigate against the impacts of the virus to reduce risk of spread among workers on Supreme Committee projects.