The coronavirus has spread to dormitories where hundreds of thousands of foreign workers live, causing a sharp increase in the number of people infected.
Singapore has two sides: on the flip side, the undeniable success of a city-state with the highest per capita income in Southeast Asia. On the front side, a model of infrastructure and real estate development which relies in particular on the work of three hundred thousand foreign workers, mostly of Indian and Bangladeshi origin.
The sudden explosion in the number of people infected with coronavirus in workers 'dormitories has just highlighted the poor reality of workers' living conditions. It also made it clear to the 5.6 million inhabitants that the promiscuity in which their "foreign workers" live meets all the conditions for maximum spread of Covid-19.
The tests carried out revealed, Monday, April 20, that 1,400 workers were carrying the virus. The following day, 1,111 more cases were detected, bringing to 10,141 the number of positive cases in the territory. Two weeks earlier, the total number of people infected hardly exceeded a thousand. The development is spectacular: just a month ago, the tiny island of prosperity in Southeast Asia was overflowing with compliments for having embodied a model management of the health crisis. In terms of good news, the death toll remains very low, however, with only 12 people dead.
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