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British report: Qatar is not telling the truth about Corona injuries

Qatar promised to improve workers' access to justice but failed to fulfill its promise.

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A report obtained exclusively by "Fox News" has raised doubts about the integrity of Qatar's reports on cases of "Corona", thus returning calls for transferring the 2022 FIFA World Cup from Qatar to another country.

"An internal memo of a leading construction company in Qatar working on World Cup projects raised concerns that many of its workers had contracted the coronavirus and died, but these deaths were not reported," London-based Cornerstone Global Associates said in its report.

"The concerns raised are in line with concerns about the apparent discrepancy between the number of injuries and the death rate," the British consulting firm adds.

The internal memo indicated that the bodies of the deceased should be returned to their original homes, Nepal and India.

This practice contradicts the recommendations of various health authorities around the world.

This also indicates that "the Qatari authorities do not tell the truth when reporting (Covid-19) deaths, and thus they are misleading the international community."

And the 10-page document entitled "Covid-19 ... Will the 2022 FIFA World Cup be held in Qatar?", And it says that "By mid-August 2020 Qatar had suffered the highest rate of infection with the Coronavirus in the world."

However, the company, "Cornerstone Global Associates", stated that "Qatar records only 201 deaths from the virus, which indicates a mortality rate of 0.17%."

Health experts in Cornerstone have questioned the reliability of the death figures in Qatar, as the death rate of 0.17% appears to be significantly lower than expected.

According to Johns Hopkins University, which tracks "Covid-19" injuries and deaths for all countries, Qatar has suffered at least 216 total deaths and 126,339 cases.

The population of Qatar is believed to be around 2.8 million, and the vast majority are foreign workers.

The Foreign Ministry and Qatari embassies in Washington, Brussels and Berlin did not respond to Fox News' request for comment.

And it seems that the new report puts Doha in a new bind.

The "Cornerstone" report focused on Qatar's exploitation of foreign workers in building stadiums. Qatar recently built modern medical facilities, but they are prohibited for the majority of the population, who are workers from the Indian subcontinent.

And Amnesty International wrote, "Many migrant workers are paid low wages, live in harsh working conditions, and restrictions on their movement." Hundreds of workers leave Qatar penniless and deprived of justice.

British parliamentarians have previously urged the Football Association to move the 2022 World Cup from Qatar, among them MP Damian Collins, House of Lords member and former England Football Association president David Triesman.

The cost of transporting the World Cup from Qatar will depend on the new host country and its current facilities. Britain could be a major competitor for hosting, and the estimated cost for that, according to "Cornerstone" analysis, will be about $ 100 million with expenses, including upgrading facilities.

"The benefits of bringing 2022 to England far outweigh the cost," Ghanem Nusseibeh, founder of the consulting firm, told Fox News.

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