Singapore Foreign workers return to work if PCR test is negative 5:03 on August 7
The Singapore government will complete PCR tests, etc., which were carried out in the dormitories of foreign workers whose infection with the new coronavirus is widespread, by the end of 7 days, and will start returning to the workplace in order from the workers confirmed negative. Announced that it will be accepted.
Since April this year, since April, the infection with the new coronavirus has spread rapidly around the dormitories where approximately 300,000 foreign workers engaged in the construction industry live, and the government has blocked the dormitories and PCR. I have done inspections.
About 10 foreign workers living in the dormitory lived in a small room with shared toilets and showers, so more than 90% of infected people over 54,000 worked as foreign workers. In order to avoid crowding, the government is taking measures such as deciding the construction of new lodgings.
Against this backdrop, the Singapore government announced that it will complete PCR tests for such foreign workers by 7 days.
According to the government, foreign workers who have been confirmed negative will be allowed to return to work one after another, and most are expected to be able to return later this month.
However, as the infection in the lodgings may spread again, the government says that it will continue to be vigilant by regularly inspecting foreign workers.