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Experts subsidized through the World Health Organization (WHO) have warned that the soccer World Cup, which attracts a giant world population, can also lead to various infections such as coronavirus, monkeypox and a more lethal member of the Covid gang called “camel flu. “o Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
According to an article published in the journal New Microbes and New Infections, scientists have found that while football enthusiasts from around the world flock to attend the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, mass collection “inevitably poses potential infectious disease dangers” for players. , enthusiasts, local and from the team’s home countries.
Other diseases that enthusiasts were about to catch, according to the study, included vector-borne diseases such as cutaneous leishmaniasis, malaria, dengue, rabies, measles, hepatitis A and B and traveler’s diarrhea.
Recently, the WHO recognized MERS as one of the viruses most likely to cause a pandemic in the future.
Nearly 1. 2 million more people from around the world will travel to Qatar to attend the quadrennial football event, which is one of the largest overseas events since the COVID-19 pandemic. This adds to the Gulf nation’s population of 2. 8 million.
The study indicates that Qatar prepared its fitness sector for such an event, continuous surveillance and studies on infection transmission were important “of safe intake of food and drink,” he said.
World Cup enthusiasts traveling to Qatar have also been suggested to touch camels, which are known to cause the deadly infection.
MERS was first reported in 2012 in Saudi Arabia, which borders Qatar, and has since caused 2600 cases with 935 related deaths in 27 other countries, according to an article on the British online scientific site IFLScience.
Although most MERS infections are asymptomatic or cause mild symptoms such as fever, shortness of breath, and cough, serious infections can occur in other people with comorbidities.
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