I think we should forgo the year 2021 in favour of calling it 2020 part 2 because the pandemic seems like a never-ending nightmare for everyone in this country.
Though we successfully fended off the coronavirus last year, it’s back with a vengeance.
Just yesterday (25 May), a new COVID-19 cluster was formed at a migrant workers’ dormitory after four cases were linked to each other—three of which were reported yesterday.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on Tuesday that the new cluster was identified at Harvest @ Woodlands and currently has the highest number of dormitory infections since 8 October 2020.
The very first case in the dormitory is a 46-year-old Malaysian man who works as a construction worker at H&W Communications. He tested positive for the virus on 22 May.
As for the other three workers, they were detected when the rostered routine testing was carried out on the same day. One of the workers had developed a fever later that day while the other two were asymptomatic.
Their results came back on Monday (24 May) and they were confirmed to have the coronavirus.
Both their serology test and earlier tests from rostered routine testing (the last of which was on May 8) were negative.
More Regulations For Workers In Dormitories
I’m sure many of us became more aware of the poor living conditions of migrant workers when circuit breaker measures came down hard on them last year in a bid to stop the virus transmission in dorms.
Now, more regulations will be back in place to clamp down on the spread. And one has to hope that these measures are balanced right to give workers some freedom.
Last month, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) had already taken precautionary steps such as stopping movement between dormitory blocks and stepping up safe distancing measures to prevent residents from mingling.
“Workers have also been advised to cease social interactions with others who do not reside in the same room or floor,” they added.
However, they are still able to access communal facilities and recreation centres in dormitories.
In addition, MOM assured migrant workers that access to round-the-clock medical assistance remains available, as well as counselling hotlines in their native languages.
While Harvest @ Woodlands is another unfortunate cluster, the previous dormitory cluster, Westlite Woodlands, is now closed.
There have been no cases linked to it for the past 28 days, signalling the end of the spread in that area. To read more about the Westlite Woodlands dormitory cases, click here.
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