<span style="color: #222222;">After managing to keep on top of the first wave of coronavirus outbreaks, Singapore is grappling with an alarming rise in infections among migrant workers housed in crowded dormitories. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Such cases now account for about a quarter of Singapore's 1,910 infections. The government reported 287 new cases yesterday. More than 200 were linked to the foreign workers' dormitories.</span><br />''<br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The city-state of less than 6 million people was seen as a model in its early, swift response to the virus. But it apparently overlooked the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers living in conditions where social distancing is impossible. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Now more than 50,000 workers are quarantined and others are being moved to safer locations.</span><br />'' &nbsp;
News On AIR | April 10, 2020 9:27 PM
Singapore grapples with alarming rise in infections among migrant workers