NIHR pays field visits to labors quarantine centers

The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) continued its field visits to the isolation, quarantine and treatment centres.

NIHR team met with the medical teams as well as some of the quarantined labours there to get informed about adherence to human rights in such circumstances.

The institute affirmed that it had contacted some of the expatriate labours and reviewed their living conditions, whether in the isolation or in quarantine centres to ensure the safety, hygiene and health care provided to them according to the established standards.

The NIHR pointed out that the measures taken by the Kingdom in order to provide an appropriate environment for expatriate labours during this exceptional circumstance, promote the kingdom’s regional and international status in respecting human rights.

NIHR President Maria Khoury affirmed the importance of using the radio wave (FM 104.2) to broadcast educational health messages, stressing that the Institute will be in contact with the radio to support its activity in providing health guidelines within the framework of the national efforts to control the spread of COVID-19.