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22 Mar 2020

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Middle East Eye

Uncertainty reigns in Qatar worker area sealed off over coronavirus fears

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Foreign workers in Qatar living in an area sealed off to contain the spread of the new coronavirus have complained of a lack of information, as [Amnesty International] warned that conditions there were putting people at risk...

Several workers from South Asia living in the Industrial Area told AFP on the weekend that they have access to health care and food supplies, but felt they were being left in the dark by authorities...

The district has been ringed with police checkpoints and a decontamination unit deployed to disinfect vehicles used to deliver supplies. Officials have not said how many people were under lockdown in the area.

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