Dubai Expo bosses reveal three Covid deaths among construction workers

Organisers said three workers died from Covid during the construction of the Expo site (Kamran Jebreili/AP)

Organisers of Dubai Expo have acknowledged for the first time that three workers died from coronavirus over the course of building the world fair during the pandemic, as the prestigious event brought labour conditions in the United Arab Emirates under scrutiny.

When asked at a press conference about deaths among Expo’s vast foreign labour force, spokesperson Sconaid McGeachin said three workers had died from the virus in addition to three from construction accidents.