COVID-19: On-site care facilities at some dormitories, designated spaces for recovered workers

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Care facilities for foreign workers will be set up at the dormitories worst-hit by COVID19; some recovered workers will also return to the dorms

These new steps were announced in a media statement which detailed a range of measures designed to look after foreign workers.

Within the BRWs, workers must observe enhanced safe distancing measures, and inter-mingling with residents of other blocks will be strictly prohibited. The task force will work with dormitory operators to progressively create more BRWs, as part of the preparations to enable the dormitory population to eventually resume work safely, it said."We seek the cooperation of employers and workers so that the on-site CCFs, CRFs and BRWs can be set up quickly," the task force said.

For dormitories that are less affected, the task force will adopt a combination of approaches including aggressive swabbing to contain the infections and isolation strategies. More than 50 medical personnel have also been deployed in 12 mobile medical teams to support our migrant workers. The teams visit Factory-Converted Dormitories with a special focus on those with higher incidence of confirmed COVID-19 cases. They also provide care and treatment for workers housed in construction temporary quarters.

“This enables workers to check on their own condition, and call for medical assistance if readings cross certain predetermined thresholds,” the task force said.

 

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