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2020-12-17 04:05:56 GMT2020-12-17 12:05:56(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SINGAPORE, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) The employment of Singapore s residents, referring to Singapore citizens and permanent residents, rebounded strongly in the third quarter of 2020, according to the Labour Market Report released by the Ministry of Manpower on Thursday.
The resident employment increased 43,200 in the third quarter to 2.34 million in September, which is just 0.4 percent lower than the 2.35 million in September 2019.
However, Singapore s non-resident employment continued to contract and decreased 72,300 in the third quarter, which was more sharply than in the first two quarters of this year. As a result, Singapore s total employment contracted in the third quarter by 29,100, significantly less than the contraction of 103,800 in the previous quarter.
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Singapore: Serology testing has revealed nearly half of the 323,000 migrant workers living in Singapore dormitories were infected with Covid-19, far higher than the official tally and indicating the virus spreads widely among people who may not have any symptoms.
The city-state has reported more than 54,500 infections in dormitories since the pandemic began, making up more than 93% of all confirmed cases. Another 98,289 workers were found positive through serology testing which identifies those who had been infected in the past contributing to an overall prevalence rate of 47%, according to a statement by the Ministry of Manpower on Monday.
The finding is further proof that Covid-19 infection is vastly under-detected across the board, and reflects the prevalence of the virus in tightly-spaced worker accommodations. In neighboring Malaysia, which supplies about two-thirds of the world’s latex gloves, the government last month imposed mandatory Covid-
Nearly Half of Migrant Workers in Singapore Dorms Have Had Virus
Bloomberg 12/16/2020 Philip J. Heijmans © Photographer: ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP Residents stand along a corridor of Tuas South foreign workers dormitory that has been placed under government restriction as preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Singapore on April 19, 2020.
(Bloomberg) Serology testing has revealed nearly half of the 323,000 migrant workers living in Singapore dormitories were infected with Covid-19, far higher than the official tally and indicating the virus spreads widely among people who may not have any symptoms.
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