How many coronavirus victims are maids?

[jw5]

That may happen in some households before the pandemic, but I don't believe it is happening now. The bigger problem now is maids pretending NOT to be sick and spreading to the whole household.

Even if the maid is sick, they will be forced to work.

 

[CPTMiller]

That may happen in some households before the pandemic, but I don't believe it is happening now. The bigger problem now is maids pretending NOT to be sick and spreading to the whole household.

You are correct.
This is what ah loong afraid and that's why they did not update individual infected person profile anymore.
They will try to contain the problem themselves.
Because domestic helper infection family is the breaking point.
I hopefully this will not happen.

 

[zhihau]

Because domestic helper infection family is the breaking point. I hopefully this will not happen.

Assuming that there is, the start of the next wave could surface as early as early May.

 

[jw5]

When Ah Loong has a problem, he takes it out on sinkies. This is the reason for the extended CB.

Actually there's another way to contain the problem without extending the CB - test all the maids. (or at least those deemed to be "at risk")
For those who are found to be suppressing their symptons or lying about their close contacts, immediately freeze their bank accounts and impose a huge fine on them. Then deport them. For those who are asymptomatic but test positive, immediately put the whole household in isolation or quarantine. For the rest of the population, continue the current CB with the same conditions - mask wearing, social distancing, closure of non essential business and entertainment places and monitor up to 4 May.

The extended CB is only because Ah Loong is embarrassed about the high numbers and wants the world to see that he is doing something about it. As usual, Sinkies pay for the incompetence of him and his team of porlumpars.

You are correct.
This is what ah loong afraid and that's why they did not update individual infected person profile anymore.
They will try to contain the problem themselves.
Because domestic helper infection family is the breaking point.
I hopefully this will not happen.

 

[jw5]

It should already be starting now, because the CB has been 16 days already. Contact between individuals from different households would have been minimal during this period.

Assuming that there is, the start of the next wave could surface as early as early May.

 

[zhihau]

It should already be starting now, because the CB has been 16 days already. Contact between individuals from different households would have been minimal during this period.

but the Wuhan virus takes some time to incubate in the second cycle inside Sir’s and Mam’s bodies?

 

[jw5]

Bangla to maid - 20 March to 1 April
Maid to Sir or Mam - 2 April - 10 April
22 April - should start reporting sick already?

but the Wuhan virus takes some time to incubate in the second cycle inside Sir’s and Mam’s bodies?

 

[zhihau]

Bangla to maid - 20 March to 1 April
Maid to Sir or Mam - 2 April - 10 April
22 April - should start reporting sick already?

but there were still domestic helpers congregating at Lucky Plaza right up to first week of April, but you’re right, we should be looking at helpers reporting sick between this week and last, and the Sirs & Mdms would surface soon.

 

[bobby]

17 maids here have Covid-19, none infected by foreign workers in dorms

Only 17 foreign domestic workers (FDWs) here have been confirmed with Covid-19 so far, and they did not get it from foreign workers.

Most of them were infected by their employers, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in response to The New Paper's queries on Sunday .

Among the 17, Cases 102, 104 and 108 were linked to the Wizlearn Technologies cluster.

All three had employers who were either employees of Wizlearn Technologies or were linked to employees.

Another infected FDW was Case 21, a 44-year-old Indonesian. Her employer, Case 19, worked at the Yong Thai Hang health products shop, which was one of the earliest clusters. The cluster has since been closed.

With the number of infections among foreign workers living in dormitories shooting up, there has been speculation that maids may have come into contact with infected foreign workers on their rest days.

A WhatsApp message claimed that the situation could "very quickly spiral out of control" if maids met infected workers and carried the virus back to their employers.

Addressing these concerns in an interview with Lianhe Zaobao last Friday, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said: "First of all, now (FDWs) can't go out, and second, when you drill down on the data, the rate of infection among foreign domestic workers is very low.

"The evidence we have so far is that they get the infection from their employers, not from outside."

STAY HOME

On April 11, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said all maids must stay home on their rest days, except to buy meals or run essential errands.

Mr William Lau, general manager of employment agency Maid Avenue, was not surprised by the low rate of infection among maids.

He said: "Even before the circuit breaker started, many FDWs were already staying at home and minimising contact with outsiders.

"Adding to that, MOM's recent announcement sent a very strong message to FDWs - it is no longer just an instruction from their employers."

A spokesman for the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (Home) said of the WhatsApp message: "Perpetuating such messages targets the migrant worker community unfairly as it is speculative."

The Home spokesman said employers should not be unduly worried about their maids being infected since all parties are subjected to the same circuit breaker measures.
Ms Josephine Chia, 44, a mother of two children aged four and six, said that while employers have valid concerns about infections among FDWs, the WhatsApp message "irresponsible fearmongering".

Ms Chia, who now accompanies her Filipina helper to remit money, said: "Of course there is a basis for worry, but we should remain calm and logical about it, especially as the low number of infected FDWs provides some reassurance."

 

[A Singaporean]

17 maids here have Covid-19, none infected by foreign workers in dorms

Only 17 foreign domestic workers (FDWs) here have been confirmed with Covid-19 so far, and they did not get it from foreign workers.

Most of them were infected by their employers, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in response to The New Paper's queries on Sunday .

Among the 17, Cases 102, 104 and 108 were linked to the Wizlearn Technologies cluster.

All three had employers who were either employees of Wizlearn Technologies or were linked to employees.

Another infected FDW was Case 21, a 44-year-old Indonesian. Her employer, Case 19, worked at the Yong Thai Hang health products shop, which was one of the earliest clusters. The cluster has since been closed.

With the number of infections among foreign workers living in dormitories shooting up, there has been speculation that maids may have come into contact with infected foreign workers on their rest days.

A WhatsApp message claimed that the situation could "very quickly spiral out of control" if maids met infected workers and carried the virus back to their employers.

Addressing these concerns in an interview with Lianhe Zaobao last Friday, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said: "First of all, now (FDWs) can't go out, and second, when you drill down on the data, the rate of infection among foreign domestic workers is very low.

"The evidence we have so far is that they get the infection from their employers, not from outside."

STAY HOME

On April 11, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said all maids must stay home on their rest days, except to buy meals or run essential errands.

Mr William Lau, general manager of employment agency Maid Avenue, was not surprised by the low rate of infection among maids.

He said: "Even before the circuit breaker started, many FDWs were already staying at home and minimising contact with outsiders.

"Adding to that, MOM's recent announcement sent a very strong message to FDWs - it is no longer just an instruction from their employers."

A spokesman for the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (Home) said of the WhatsApp message: "Perpetuating such messages targets the migrant worker community unfairly as it is speculative."

The Home spokesman said employers should not be unduly worried about their maids being infected since all parties are subjected to the same circuit breaker measures.
Ms Josephine Chia, 44, a mother of two children aged four and six, said that while employers have valid concerns about infections among FDWs, the WhatsApp message "irresponsible fearmongering".

Ms Chia, who now accompanies her Filipina helper to remit money, said: "Of course there is a basis for worry, but we should remain calm and logical about it, especially as the low number of infected FDWs provides some reassurance."

They also said no mask is required. Do you believe them?

 

[nayr69sg]

Ok good. Only 17 maids kena and all not from dorm foreign workers.

Another bullet dodged.

 

[bobby]

They also said no mask is required. Do you believe them?

I find his news unbelievable too....only 17 maids kena and non from bangala workers !!!!!!

Even if the 17 maids kena...you think they will tell the truth about their secret boyfriends?

 

[zhihau]

Even if the 17 maids kena...you think they will tell the truth about their secret boyfriends?

Sir, you mast belib me, I jast go Lucky Plaza onlee.

 

[bobby]

Sir, you mast belib me, I jast go Lucky Plaza onlee.

Some tham i oso hep go beachee ......

 

[A Singaporean]

Many of the maids are young and thus asymptomatic. That is why there are so many unlinked cases of Singaporeans who caught the virus from their maids without knowing it. Unless moh tests the entire family members including maids it will always remain unlinked. Can you believe so many Banglas infected and zero for maids. Just too good to be true.

 

[Talking Donkey]

It looks like a third wave is looming.

 

[LaoTze]

Sir, you mast belib me, I jast go Lucky Plaza onlee.

LET THEM GATHER
MORE KENNA WUHANDED THE MORE LIKELY THAT GET BACK TO MAGGOTS MAGGOTESS IN WHITE AND THEIR ENTIRE FAMILIES
AND THEIR KANGAROOS AND PAPER GENERALS AND CRONIES AND BROWN NOSERS
ALL HUM KAR CHAN

MAGGOTS MAGGOTESS AND THEIR CRONIES AND PAPER GENERALS AND SONS AND DAUGHTERS WILL ALSO DIE
MAY THEY ALL DIE BEFORE US , OR WITH US
AND STINKAPORE WILL BECOME SINGAPORE ONCE AGAIN


SPREAD WIDELY
UNTIL IT GET TO THE MAIDS AND SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND STAFF OF MAGGOTS MAGGOTESS IN WHITE
UNTIL ALL THOSE OLD MAGGOTS MAGGOTESS KENA WUHANDED
AND TOGETHER WITH YOUNG MAGGOTS MAGGOTESS AND ALL IN THE FUCKING PA AND KANGAROOS AND POODLES
WUHAN WILL DELIVER US ALL FROM THE FUCKING MAGGOTS MAGGOTESS IN WHITE FINALLY
MAGGOTS MAGGOTESS KANGAROOS CANNOT FIX WUHAN THE WAY THEY CAN FIX ELECTED PRESIDENT AND OTHER SHIT THINGS THAT THEY CAN FIX
WUHAN WILL FIX THEM INSTEAD

 

[blackmondy]

17 maids here have Covid-19, none infected by foreign workers in dorms

Only 17 foreign domestic workers (FDWs) here have been confirmed with Covid-19 so far, and they did not get it from foreign workers.

Most of them were infected by their employers, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in response to The New Paper's queries on Sunday .

Among the 17, Cases 102, 104 and 108 were linked to the Wizlearn Technologies cluster.

All three had employers who were either employees of Wizlearn Technologies or were linked to employees.

Another infected FDW was Case 21, a 44-year-old Indonesian. Her employer, Case 19, worked at the Yong Thai Hang health products shop, which was one of the earliest clusters. The cluster has since been closed.

With the number of infections among foreign workers living in dormitories shooting up, there has been speculation that maids may have come into contact with infected foreign workers on their rest days.

A WhatsApp message claimed that the situation could "very quickly spiral out of control" if maids met infected workers and carried the virus back to their employers.

Addressing these concerns in an interview with Lianhe Zaobao last Friday, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said: "First of all, now (FDWs) can't go out, and second, when you drill down on the data, the rate of infection among foreign domestic workers is very low.

"The evidence we have so far is that they get the infection from their employers, not from outside."

STAY HOME

On April 11, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said all maids must stay home on their rest days, except to buy meals or run essential errands.

Mr William Lau, general manager of employment agency Maid Avenue, was not surprised by the low rate of infection among maids.

He said: "Even before the circuit breaker started, many FDWs were already staying at home and minimising contact with outsiders.

"Adding to that, MOM's recent announcement sent a very strong message to FDWs - it is no longer just an instruction from their employers."

A spokesman for the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (Home) said of the WhatsApp message: "Perpetuating such messages targets the migrant worker community unfairly as it is speculative."

The Home spokesman said employers should not be unduly worried about their maids being infected since all parties are subjected to the same circuit breaker measures.
Ms Josephine Chia, 44, a mother of two children aged four and six, said that while employers have valid concerns about infections among FDWs, the WhatsApp message "irresponsible fearmongering".

Ms Chia, who now accompanies her Filipina helper to remit money, said: "Of course there is a basis for worry, but we should remain calm and logical about it, especially as the low number of infected FDWs provides some reassurance."

They also said no mask is required. Do you believe them?

None are infected by workers in the dorm, but all are infected by those outside the dorm.

 

[birdie69]

but there were still domestic helpers congregating at Lucky Plaza right up to first week of April, but you’re right, we should be looking at helpers reporting sick between this week and last, and the Sirs & Mdms would surface soon.

At City Plaza as well

 

[CPTMiller]

I find his news unbelievable too....only 17 maids kena and non from bangala workers !!!!!!

Even if the 17 maids kena...you think they will tell the truth about their secret boyfriends?