Singapore quarantines 20,000 migrant employees

Singapore has actually informed 20,000 foreign employees to stay in their dorms for 14 days as coronavirus cases increase in the city state.

Two dorm rooms have been isolated: one with 13,000 employees and 63 cases, and one with 6,800 employees and 28 cases.

They are typically home to guys from South Asia who work in building and construction.

The employees will be paid and offered three meals a day – however some have complained of overcrowded and dirty conditions.

Although Singapore was praised for its proactive reaction to the virus, the number of locally-transmitted cases is increasing – and a “lockdown” begins on Tuesday.

What has the federal government revealed?

2 locations are being sealed off – the S11 Dormitory at Punggol and the smaller Westlite Toh Guan dorm.

The federal government stated cases in the dorm rooms were rising, and that seclusion would “keep the workers safe [and] safeguard the larger community from extensive transmission”.

Workers are banned from leaving their blocks, and have actually been informed not