"Decades of migration mismanagement has Saudi scampering to contain the spread," 22 Apr 2020

Saudi Arabia is repurposing empty schools and building makeshift camps to house migrant workers away from their overcrowded accommodation, as the government steps up its effort to fight the coronavirus.

...non-citizens have accounted for every four out of five deaths... the Ministry of Health said the rise in the number of confirmed cases in recent days was, in part, due to proactive field-testing in overcrowded workers’ housing areas... also acknowledg[ing] that overcrowding is a major obstacle... to stop the spread of infection. Efforts to address the long-standing reality of workers’ living conditions are now in the works, alongside strict quarantine measures in migrant neighbourhoods.