Over the past few months, work was halted for many projects due to the Covid-19 outbreak among migrant workers living in dormitories.
The multi-ministry taskforce (MTF) are currently clearing the vast majority of migrant workers for work by the end of the month, they said on Thursday (6 Aug).
This means testing them for Covid-19, and the process should be completed by Friday (7 Aug).
Meanwhile, the MTF warned that cases may fluctuate as a result.
Clearing workers so they can return to work as soon as possible is the MTF’s biggest priority, according to Education Minister Lawrence Wong.
To facilitate this, employers will need to implement safety measures, according to The Straits Times.
They include:
The tests will continue for migrant workers every 14 days even after they return to work, said Mr Wong.
This is so that any new outbreak won’t go unnoticed before it’s too late, and also so we won’t go back to the situation in Mar.
Back then, Covid-19 spread rapidly through dormitories, largely resulting in the over-50,000 cases in Singapore currently.
While the majority of cases are asymptomatic and there haven’t been many deaths, there are a rising number of migrant workers in states of distress.
Hopefully, with workers being cleared to work, and their mental health being taken care of, we won’t see another surge in cases.
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