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As the city-state has closed down, many workers are unable to pay or see their families and say mental anguish is more serious than the virus

A migrant worker sits outside his room in a dormitory amid Covid-in Singapore. Picture: REUTERS/EDGAR SU

Four months on, some dormitories remain under quarantine, and even migrants who have been declared virus-free have had their movements restricted and face uncertainty over the jobs on which their families back home depend. Singapore has recorded more than 54,000 Covid-19 cases, mainly from dormitories in which about 300,000 workers from Bangladesh, India and China are housed. Only 27 people have died from the disease there.

 

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