COVID-19: Employers to send dorm-staying workers for swab tests every 14 days via yahoosg
SINGAPORE — With the completion of COVID-19 testing of all migrant workers staying in dormitories, the Inter-agency Task Force will be shifting its priority to guarding against new infections as the workers return to daily work.
The employers should space out the testing of their workers over the 14-day period to ensure that authorities are able to maintain constant surveillance of the COVID-19 situation among the workers. Employers can make use of the system to select the swab location and testing date for their workers. They are encouraged to check the system regularly to book appointments for their workers.
These measures include having staggered pickup/drop-off timings, updating of the workers’ residence addresses, and minimising mixing between blocks. Employers and workers are also required to observe proper safe distancing measures at the workplace.Should there be potential infections among migrant workers, the ITF will isolate and quarantine all at-risk workers within the blocks housing the infected workers, as a precautionary measure.
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