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Thousands of People in Dorms Pose New Challenge to Singapore Virus Fight
- Reported new infections jumped by record 142 Wednesday
- Pandemic exposes safety risk to foreign workers in dormitories
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Tightly packed dormitories housing thousands of foreign workers have emerged as one of Singapore’s biggest challenges in its fight to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
The city state reported its highest daily increase of infections Thursday, and more than 200 of the 287 new cases were linked to foreign worker dormitories that house mainly low-wage workers in construction and other sectors. Those groups now account for about a quarter of the country’s 1,910 cases.