An infectious disease expert has urged the government to conduct mass testing for the coronavirus on thousands of foreign domestic helpers staying in boarding houses. He said officials must act quickly and test up to 7,000 foreign domestic helpers living in hundreds of boarding homes in Hong Kong. Efforts are now on to trace these domestic helpers. Like Hong Kong, the city-state had tackled the initial waves of coronavirus cases in a comparatively successful manner. Singapore has now recorded over 53,000 patients, mainly from dormitories in which around 300,000 workers from Bangladesh, India and China are housed.

Source: The Standard August 06, 2020 03:11 UTC