Singapore has reported more than 58,000 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started, with the vast majority occurring in the cramped dormitories that house mainly South Asian low-wage workers. But the government said on Tuesday that while a total of 54,505 workers had tested...
Singapore has reported more than 58,000 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started, with the vast majority occurring in the cramped dormitories that house mainly South Asian low-wage workers. But the government said on Tuesday that while a total of 54,505 workers had tested positive for the ...
Singapore sealed off the sprawling housing blocks for several months last year to ring-fence the surge in COVID-19 cases in the dormitories. Even this year when the rest of Singapore returned to some semblance of normal life, foreign workers have mostly been confined to their living...
In Singapore, one group affected by the pandemic early on were the foreign workers, especially during 2020's spike in COVID-19 cases in dormitories. While several factors have been cited as factors driving the spike, the pandemic ultimately shone a spotlight on the densely packed living conditio...
Addressing the Needs of Migrant Workers in ICUs in Singapore This was especially so as majority of the COVID-19 clusters in Singapore emerged from their communal dormitories. With concerns arising as to how this ... C Lim,JX Zhou,NL Woong,... - 《Journal of Medical Education & Curricular...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore plans to test all 323,000 migrant workers living in cramped dormitories that have become a hotbed for coronavirus in the tiny city-state, it said on Tuesday, eyeing an easing of curbs next month to restart its economy. The island's tally of 24,671 infe...
Background Migrant worker dormitories—residential complexes where 10–24 workers share living spaces—account for the majority of cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Singapore. To prevent spill-over of transmission to the wider population, starting in early April 2020, residents were confined to their...