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SINGAPORE (THE NEW PAPER) - Only 17 foreign domestic workers (FDWs) here have been confirmed to have 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 (April 19).
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.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...-19-none-infected-by-foreign-workers-in-dorms
Most of them were infected by their employers, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in response to The New Paper's queries on Sunday (April 19).
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.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...-19-none-infected-by-foreign-workers-in-dorms