Vast majority of foreign workers to be cleared of COVID-19 by early August: Lawrence Wong

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SINGAPORE: The COVID-19 multi-ministry taskforce expects most foreign worker dormitories to be cleared of the disease by the beginning of August. ...

On Friday, Mr Wong said the authorities will work with employers to get workers back to the worksite soon, with all the requisite measures in place."We will be working very closely with all the companies who are engaging these workers to allow them to start work ... as soon as possible," said Mr Wong.

"If we look at the overall situation with the dormitories ... being cleared by the first week of - largely with the community situation under control - we can expect our overall cases, the daily cases that we report every day, come down by around the middle of August," he said. He pointed that even after the workers return to work, they will be regularly tested and monitored closely. New infections will likely emerge “from time to time”, he added.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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