Work on Qatar’s World Cup stadiums and mega-projects linked to the tournament has continued apace despite tough social distancing rules to stem the spread of coronavirus among the largely migrant workforce.
Dozens of laborers with covered faces and sporting near-identical blue overalls clamored across the vast exoskeleton of Lusail Stadium, an arena set to host the ultimate of the 2022 tournament, AFP correspondents saw on Thursday.
The quantity of affirmed contaminations among those engaged with development for 2022 offices remains at eight across three arena ventures, yet coordinators haven’t given a refreshed cost since Friday.
Till now, Qatari authorities have declared 7,764 confirmed infections nationwide, 10 deaths, and 750 recoveries.
The supreme committee liable for delivering the tournament said it “is reviewing things continuously and will take the required measures to guard the health and safety of all construction workers and direct staff”.
Those measures “may include temporary suspension of labor as and when required,” it added during a statement.
Building work for the stadiums and infrastructure to stage the tournament has continued through the crisis whilst non-essential retail has been halted and mosques, parks, and restaurants have closed.
Rights groups have raised concerns that cramped living conditions, communal food preparation areas, and shared sanitary facilities commonly found in laborer accommodation could exacerbate the spread of the virus and compromise social distancing measures.
