Covid vaccinations not mandatory for fans and players: Qatar
The Morning Standard|September 30, 2022
FIFA WORLD CUP
Covid vaccinations not mandatory for fans and players: Qatar

CORONAVIRUS vaccinations will not be mandatory for the million-plus fans going to the World Cup in Qatar this year, the Gulf state said on Thursday.

But players and match officials may be forced into a secure “bio-bubble” if Covid-19 cases take off again, with the threat of expulsion from the tournament for those who breach the secure environment, the health ministry said.

The 29-day tournament will be the first major global sporting event with fans since the eruption in December 2019 of the Covid pandemic, which has since killed more than six million people. Qatari organisers, who have predicted that more than one million people will pack Doha for the matches, and football's governing body, FIFA, have said they want the event to be a sign the world is getting over the devastating pandemic.

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