Followers going to the World Cup in Qatar should present a detrimental COVID-19 take a look at after they arrive as a part of the host nation’s guidelines to fight COVID-19, organisers stated Thursday.
All guests aged 18 and over should additionally obtain a government-run cellphone utility monitoring folks’s actions and well being standing, known as Ehteraz.
“A inexperienced Ehteraz (displaying the person doesn’t have a confirmed case of COVID-19) is required to enter any public closed indoor areas,” World Cup organizers stated. Guests should be capable to present a detrimental end result from a PCR take a look at taken within the 48 hours earlier than arriving or from an official speedy take a look at taken inside 24 hours. The COVID-19 testing coverage for guests aged six and over is “whatever the particular person’s vaccination standing,” the Supreme Committee for Supply & Legacy stated in a press release.
Vaccination shouldn’t be necessary for the 1.2 million anticipated guests for the Nov. 20-Dec. 18 event. Fast antigen exams taken within the earlier 24 hours earlier than touchdown in Qatar will solely be accepted if they’re from official medical facilities and never self-administered. No additional exams are required in Qatar if followers don’t develop signs of COVID-19.
The choices prolong all through the World Cup public well being insurance policies in place since Sept. 4 for all vacationers arriving in Qatar.
Masks should be worn on public transport, together with the subway system that many followers will use to get to the eight stadiums in and round Doha.
Qatar has recorded almost 450,000 confirmed instances of COVID-19 and 682 deaths from the illness, in accordance with knowledge gathered since 2020 by Johns Hopkins College in america. Qatar has a inhabitants estimated to be a minimum of 2.5 million, though solely about 350,000 of these are Qatari residents.
Greater than 97% of the inhabitants in Qatar has had a minimum of one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the info states. “Anybody who exams constructive for COVID-19 whereas in Qatar shall be required to isolate in accordance with Ministry of Public Well being tips,” World Cup organizers stated.