Saturday, 18 Apr 2020 03:38 PM MYT
Swab tests are conducted at STLodge migrant workers’ dormitory during the Covid-19 outbreak in Singapore, in this April 15, 2020 photo obtained via social media. — Picture by Singapore Ministry of Manpower via Reuters SINGAPORE, April18 — Singapore’s health ministry confirmed 942 more coronavirus infections today, a new daily record, the vast majority of which are among migrant workers living in dormitories.
Authorities have managed to mitigate the spread of the virus and the Covid-19 respiratory disease it causes among Singapore’s citizens by rigorous contact tracing and surveillance, earning praise from the World Health Organisation.But the disease is spreading rapidly within the large migrant worker community, highlighting what rights groups say is a weak link in containment efforts. Authorities have ramped up testing for the disease in the dormitories.
Today’s new cases takes the total in the city-state, which is under a partial lockdown, to 5,992. It has reported 11 deaths from the disease. — Reuters
Don't blame miigrant workers, you have an infectious disease you insist on housing them in close proximity accommodation. All your wonderful efforts have been negated by this oversight or because they are migrant workers their health is not so important.
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