"COVID-19 positive migrants in UAE get no medical help," 8 Apr 2020

Migrant workers, mainly from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), are desperately looking for vacant flats as they want to house their COVID-19 positive friends and those who have symptoms...

“As the number of patients who are getting infected is going up, here in UAE, what we understand is that there is a shortage of beds in government hospitals. Government is telling patients who have been tested positive and those who have symptoms to wait in their own flats, where others also staying,” an Indian social worker from Kerala, told The Lede over the phone from Dubai.