A source close to the tournament organisers said 121 infections are still active of the 1,102 cases of Covid-19 reported
A December 2019 view of Qatar's new al-Janoub Stadium in the capital Doha, which will host matches of the Fifa World Cup in 2022. Picture: AFP.GIUSEPPE CACACEWorld Cup organisers in Qatar reported the first coronavirus death of a worker involved in construction of 2022 tournament venues on Thursday.
First reported by the relaunched Doha News, a site popular among expatriates in Qatar, the victim was an engineer in his 50s who had no underlying medical conditions. “Sadly, on June 11 2020, a specialist engineer employed by the contractor Conspel, tragically died after contracting Covid-19,” the Qatari organisation responsible for putting together the 2022 tournament said in a statement.
Organisers have removed all high-risk workers from projects on full pay, undertake temperature checks on workers twice daily, and imposed distancing rules in dining halls and staff transport to limit the virus’s spread.
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