"Coronavirus leaves foreign workers in the Gulf stranded, unemployed and forgotten, advocates warn," 9 Apr 2020

Coronavirus is being slowed elsewhere by strict social distancing... But this is not feasible for migrant workers in the Gulf...

[who] may be dissuaded from coming forward with symptoms and seeking treatment for fear of being quarantined. Some companies are providing their workers with food and healthcare during lockdown, but that is not the case for everyone...

[Many are] in debt from paying to be placed in jobs in the Gulf, while their families at home may be heavily dependent on their incomes...

There have also been reports from Qatar and the UAE of workers being sent home on leave—"effectively fired" Qadri said—or even deported, because they are suspected of being infected.