Qatar is in talks with coronavirus vaccine makers to ensure all fans attending the 2022 World Cup have been vaccinated.
The World Cup 2022, Qatar is facing a resurgence of virus cases and deaths despite progress in its mass vaccination program.
Qatar’s foreign minister said, “we have been negotiating and talking to the vaccination providers on how we can make sure that everyone attending the World Cup is vaccinated.”
The World Health Organization has programs under development to provide vaccination to all the attendees of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Hopefully, we will be able to host a COVID-free World Cup in 2022. Hopefully, the pandemic will start to go down and disappear.
No universally accepted vaccine certification system has yet been adopted globally, however, the IATA Travel Pass is preferred by many international airlines including Qatar Airways for its wide acceptance.
As of Friday, 19% of Qatar’s 2.8 million residents have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began.
Over a million vaccine jabs were administered on Friday, bringing the total to 100 million doses, according to official data.
Last week, Qatar announced the reimposition of strict lockdown measures banning most indoor activities in an effort to contain the virus, and meaning venues will be unable to show World Cup 2022 matches.
Qatar has staged several high-profile global sporting events in recent months, serving as a testbed for different restrictions but also suffering high-profile infection cases.
The wealthy Gulf nation, Qatar has bucked the trend of more established sporting nations which have canceled or postponed a slew of leading events. Instead, Qatar has hosted football, tennis, and other events leading up to the World Cup 2022.
The World Cup 2022 is being held in Qatar and FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has previously said that measures to contain the coronavirus will need to be taken at the 2022 World Cup.
FIFA has announced it will concretely help traveling fans from countries with patchy vaccine rollouts to make sure they are vaccinated before visiting Qatar for the 2022 World Cup.
It will take a little bit of time before the world is back to normal again for Qatar 2022.
