Qatar is in talks with coronavirus vaccine makers to ensure all fans attending the 2022 World Cup in the country have been vaccinated, the foreign minister said Friday.
The Gulf nation is facing a resurgence of virus cases and deaths despite progress in its mass vaccination program, forcing authorities to impose a nationwide lockdown.
“We have been negotiating and talking to the vaccination providers on how we can make sure that everyone attending the World Cup is vaccinated,” Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said.
“Right now there are programs under development to provide vaccination to all the attendees of the World Cup,” he added during the Raisin…
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