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    Migrants Are Among The Worst Hit By COVID-19 In Saudi Arabia And Gulf Countries

    Even with stringent lockdowns, the coronavirus has spread through migrant communities in some Middle Eastern countries where foreign workers live in cramped quarters.
    by Ruth Sherlock May 05, 2020 1 minute
    Qatar charity workers prepare food parcels for migrant laborers living under quarantine on April 16 amid the coronavirus pandemic in Doha. A restaurant better known for fine dining has lent its facilities to Qatar Charity to feed migrant workers, of whom tens of thousands are strictly confined to an area of Doha's southern industrial area.

    The Gulf countries and Saudi Arabia are struggling to contain the COVID-19 outbreak among migrant worker populations on whose labor the countries rely.

    Even amid stringent lockdowns, the disease has continued to spread through migrant communities,

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