'We will work with the employers to ensure that quarantined workers continue to be paid.'
Meals and essentials such as masks, thermometers, hand sanitisers will also be provided for all foreign workers under quarantine. The government will also make arrangements to facilitate remittances on site. Furthermore, the Ministry of Health has deployed on-site medical support to support the workers residing at both dormitories.
Across other dormitories in Singapore, further safe distancing measures will be implemented. This includes providing separate housing for the"relatively small" number of essential services foreign workers. "We are actively converting more spaces and putting these essential services workers into these spaces that are suitable for this purpose," said Ms Teo.
In addition, intermingling of residents between floors will also be reduced - a step up from the previous measure of cutting down contact of workers across blocks. The number of people in dormitories will also be reduced, and will be progressively done for all large dormitories. Workers who are unwell, even if they are not tested positive, will be relocated and housed in isolated sick bays to minimise the risk for others.
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