Spate of suicides among migrant workers in Singapore raising concerns

A healthcare worker dressed in personal protective equipment collecting a nasal swab sample from a migrant worker for testing for the coronavirus at a foreign workers' domitory in Singapore. A recent spate of suicides and attempted suicides involving migrants in Singapore has heightened concerns over the mental health of foreign workers in the country. - AFP

SINGAPORE, Aug 6 (Reuters): A recent spate of suicides and attempted suicides involving migrants in Singapore has heightened concerns over the mental health of thousands of low-paid workers who have been confined to their dormitories because of Covid-19 (coronavirus).

In April, Singapore sealed off sprawling housing blocks where its vast population of mainly South Asian labourers live in crowded bunk rooms, seeking to ring-fence a surge in cases among the workers.