Table 1

Themes categories and subthemes

Migrant worker concerns during COVID-19

  • Providing for family and stress caused by work disruption

  • Worry about susceptibility to COVID-19

  • Acceptance of diagnosis and hope for recovery from COVID-19

  • Stressors from quarantine

Migrant worker coping during COVID-19 quarantine

  • Staying connected with family

  • Keeping updated on the global situation

  • Assurance from having daily needs met

  • Importance of faith and religion

Migrant worker priorities after COVID-19

  • Looking forward to a return to normalcy

  • Health as a new priority in life

  • Migrant worker concerns during COVID-19.