SINGAPORE: Two more dormitories have been gazetted as isolation areas to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Acacia Lodge and Cochrane Lodge 1 ...
Singapore has seen spike in the number of COVID-19 cases at foreign worker dormitories in the past week.S11 Dormitory @ Punggol and Westlite Toh Guan dormitoryToh Guan Dormitory, was declared an isolation area on Monday. It houses around 4,500 foreign workers, the Ministry of Manpower told CNA.- 506 and 512 Old Choa Chu Kang Road - were declared isolation areas on Wednesday.
Workers had complained of delayed meals, overflowing rubbish bins and unsanitary conditions, as workers now spend the entire day at the dormitories during the circuit breaker period.Teams with either military or police officers and MOM personnel are now working with the dormitory operators.Safe distancing measures have been implemented at the quarantined dormitories, MOM added.
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