BEIRUT (Reuters) - As Lebanon grapples with surging coronavirus infections and a financial crisis that has crushed its economy, migrant workers often cannot find the care they need if they test positive. Desperate workers from Africa and Asia are turning to charities and aid organisations. There are hundreds of thousands of migrant workers in Lebanon but rights groups say its labour laws do not provide adequate protection or health cover. Migrant workers who test positive can quarantine at a centre in southern Lebanon, or will be sent to public hospitals where MSF makes sure they are given care. "There's nothing left in Lebanon ... and everything is getting worse," she said, asking to remain anonymous.

Source: The Star February 11, 2021 13:30 UTC