Singapore's Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan is seen onboard a floating accommodation docked at Tanjong Pagar Terminal, meant to house healthy migrant workers, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Singapore, April 12, 2020. Courtesy of Singapore's Ministry of Transport/Handout via REUTERS
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is preparing to house hundreds of foreign workers in accommodation vessels typically used for offshore and marine industry staff as it races to find alternatives to dormitories where the novel coronavirus has been spreading rapidly.
Tens of thousands of migrant workers, many from South Asia, live in cramped dormitories across Singapore, which have become the biggest source of coronavirus infections in recent days.
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