Covid-19 in the dorms: summary for September 2020
Here's the second of our monthly summaries about Covid-19 related numbers and milestones, gleaned from media and government statements.
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10, 2020
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10, 2020
Kader’s girlfriend, wife and baby
Throughout the Covid-19 lockdown, Kader was almost continuously on the phone. Here's a glimpse of a migrant worker's use of technology.
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09, 2020
Open the dorms – no reason to continue imprisoning workers
We have kept hundreds of thousands of workers in captivity for nearly six months. This is inhuman. Numbers of Covid-19 cases don't justify this anymore.
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09, 2020
Covid-19 in the dorms: summary for August 2020
Here's the first of our monthly summaries about Covid-19 related numbers and milestones, gleaned from media and government statements.
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09, 2020
Six little examples: Why can’t he get out of the dorm?
Injured workers who need to attend hospital follow-ups get caught in overly-strict rules about leaving their dorms for appointments. They might miss their doctor dates.
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08, 2020
Covid-19: re-quarantining of dorms shows limits of Singapore’s strategy
Covid-19 will continue to appear repeatedly. If each time we see a cluster, we shut down thousands of workers, the economic cost will be very great.
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08, 2020
Does one minister even know what another minister is doing?
Head of Covid-19 Task Force Lawrence Wong says salaries should be paid. MOM says no need to pay.
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08, 2020
Post-Covid, hopes and disputes emerge from deep freeze
How four workers have been affected by the suspension of many actvities during the Covid-19 lockdown from early April to early June 2020.
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08, 2020
Five questions from reporters
Recently, journalists doing follow-up stories about Covid-19 have been reaching us with similar questions. For convenience, we will put our responses here.
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08, 2020
Migrant bodies sacrificed on the altar of self-praise
The general community is "saved" from Covid-19 only because migrant workers are made to pay the price for us: severe confinement, never mind mental wellbeing and medical complications.