Punggol, Toh Guan dorms gazetted as ‘isolation areas’, almost 20,000 foreign workers under quarantine

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SINGAPORE — Two workers’ dormitories have been gazetted as “isolation areas”, with almost 20,000 foreign workers being quarantined, after a spike in cases from these residences.

 

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