A general view of Westlite Dormitory, one of the two workers? dormitory gazetted as isolation areas to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Singapore April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
SINGAPORE/DHAKA (Reuters) - Migrant workers living in vast Singapore dormitories cut off from the outside world due to the coronavirus outbreak fear their cramped and squalid quarters are fast becoming a hotbed for infection.
Singapore on Sunday said it had quarantined nearly 20,000 workers in two dormitories, made up of mainly Bangladeshi and other South Asian manual workers, after they were linked to at least 90 infections.
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