One in six in dorms contracted Covid-19, based on official tally
About one in six foreign workers living in dormitories contracted Covid-19, a calculation based on Singapore's official tally showed, but the true infection rate in the dormitories is likely to be higher than this, experts say.
However, the close monitoring of the outbreak in the dormitories by hospitals and the multi-ministry task force, including testing every worker, would mean that there are fewer cryptic infections among that population than in the general population here or elsewhere, Prof Cook said.These involve taking a small amount of blood and testing it for antibodies that indicate a past infection.
Prof Cook said that for herd immunity to be achieved in any population, around half of its members would need to be infected. For dormitories, given the high density, around 70 per cent to 80 per cent of each dormitory would have to be infected. Prof Teo said an added complication is that there is also no clear evidence to support the hypothesis that immunity would provide lasting protection against the virus.
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