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25 Jun 2020

Author:
Pete Pattison, The Guardian (UK)

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

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Over 1,000 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...

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

Human rights groups have accused the Qatari authorities and FIFA of putting workers’ welfare at risk in the race to complete the stadiums.