🏆 Coronavirus: Workers describe crowded, cramped living conditions at dormitory gazetted as isolation area

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Fear is growing at a dormitory designated as an isolation area because of an infection cluster, with workers saying they do not have masks, and are living in unsanitary and crowded conditions.

Judges’ Comments

Joyce Lim’s account of unhygienic conditions at Singapore’s migrant worker dormitories and the fears of thousands of men housed there, showed why Covid-19 infection numbers exploded. The story shocked readers, pressured authorities to act, and prompted a strong community response to help these men at risk. 

Written by
Joyce Lim

Monday,
6 April 2020

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