Are the poor and marginalised being short changed?

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LETTER | The strength of a nation is how it treats them in normal and trying times.

| The Association for Community and Dialogue is concerned about the social narrative that is led by politicians and elites that seems to be more focused on the numbers infected by Covid-19 and the economic situation, without the corresponding concern for the poor and marginalised communities.

They can be foreign migrant labourers and those who are staying in close encounters in flats where they might be having difficulties in adhering to social distance, and going through a medical test if they carry symptoms of the virus. Furthermore, foreign workers might be reluctant to seek medical help especially in odd hours when their agents are not around.

The practical things that could be looked into are access to face masks, assurance of free, efficient test and treatment in government and private hospitals and their social-economic plight since they are told to take unpaid leave.

 

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