Singapore’s Poorest Stay in Lockdown As Others Move Freely
- Government says restrictions are necessary to contain Covid
- Workers can go to jobs or do pre-approved ‘essential errands’
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With restaurants and malls bustling, pre-pandemic life is slowly returning for people in Singapore -- except for the more than 300,000 migrant workers who make up much of the city’s low-wage workforce.
Since April, these workers have been confined to their residences with limited exceptions for work. After an extensive testing and quarantine campaign, the government cleared the dormitories where most of these workers live of Covid-19 in August, letting residents leave for several “essential errands,” like court appearances and doctor’s appointments.