Singapore sees ‘enormous challenge’ on recovered foreign workers

A surge in infected low-wage foreign workers has propelled virus cases in the city-state to one of the highest in Asia-Pacific.

SINGAPORE: Singapore faces an “enormous challenge” to figure out how to allow foreign workers who have recovered from the coronavirus to go back to work safely, while also giving them suitable accommodation.

The government must now get ready to ensure the recovery process is done right by scaling up facilities where the workers can get better, and to house those who’ve recuperated in suitable accommodation to cut the risk of transmissions happening again, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo told Parliament yesterday.