Migrant Worker Virus Spread Threatens Singapore’s Invincibility
An embarrassed government finally discovers its less-privileged
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Singapore has learned with a shock the cost of ignoring the health needs of the 650,000-odd foreign workers who toil largely unseen in the city-state. On April 21, the Ministry of Health announced 1,426 new cases of Covid-19, a huge increase that – assuredly only temporarily – left the tiny island republic, with 5.7 million resid…
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