According to Minister of Health Gan Kim Yong, they are stepping up the rate of testing for migrant workers.
He said that so far 21,000 workers living in dormitories have been tested since the start of the COVID-19. Singapore has 323,000 migrant workers
That means that We have only tested 1 in 15 workers and we are seeing more than 10,000 confirmed cases. This suggests that only 6.5% of the workers have been tested
He revealed that the numbers of daily testing have increased from an average of testing 2,900 workers to 8000 test.
Social Distancing As Important As Testing
According to Lawrence Wong
“This capability to ramp up to build up more testing capacity is critical, as we seek eventually to resume and restart our economy, but an important point to note is that testing, while as critical and important as it is, cannot be a substitute for personal responsibility and safe distancing measures.
So we go back to the fundamentals and ask everyone during this period, to stay home, uphold good personal hygiene, and for those who are in the essential workforce, even as we start to test more of these people who are working, anyone who is now in the essential workforce should still continue to take precautions meaning to say, as they go to work, minimise contact with their colleagues, don’t go to work, and then end up socialising during lunch break, or during rest, during break times and the pantry or outside the workplace. Minimise all contact, go to work, go back home. And if you’re not feeling well it’s critical. Don’t go to work.”