there s talk of a growing mental health crisis thousands of men confined in dormitories, leaving only to work. for sharif, things are starting to get too much. i want to send a message to singapore government. we long time in dormitory, so many people are mentally anguished. so, we need to release. we need to allow to go out. please. and with 80% of the public and 90% of workers now vaccinated, experts say that the confinement policy isn t protecting anyone. after 18 months, it s very clear that the mental health challenges, the social isolation are all really bubbling up. speaking as a public health professional, i would say that the covid 19 concerns are massively overblown.
for the past 18 months, the majority have only been allowed out of their facilities to go to work. but, with one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, singapore and its government are facing increasing pressure to let them out. nick marsh has been speaking to some of the men wanting to leave. it s been one of the world s longest lockdowns. behind this barbed wire, there s talk of a growing mental health crisis thousands of men confined in dormitories, leaving only to work. for sharif, things are starting to get too much. i want to send a message to singapore government. we long time in dormitory, so many people are mentally anguished. so, we need to release. we need to allow to go out. please.
singapore and its government are facing increasing pressure to let them out. nick marsh has been speaking to some of the men wanting to leave. it s been one of the world s longest lockdowns. behind this barbed wire, there“s talk of a growing mental health crisis thousands of men confined in dormitories, leaving only to work. for sharif, things are starting to get too much. i want to send a message to singapore government. we long time in dormitory, so many people are mentally anguished. so, we need to release. we need to allow to go out. please. and with 80% of the public and 90% of workers now vaccinated,
of the men longing to leave. it s been one of the world s longest lockdowns. behind this barbed wire, there s talk of a growing mental health crisis thousands of men confined in dormitories, leaving only to work. for sharif, things are starting to get too much. i want to send a message to singapore government. we long time in dormitory, so many people are mentally anguished. so, we need to release. we need to allow to go out. please. and with 80% of the public and 90% of workers now vaccinated, experts say that the confinement policy isn t protecting anyone. after 18 months, it s very clear that the mental health challenges, the social isolation are all really bubbling up. speaking as a public health professional, i would say that the covid 19 concerns are massively overblown.
ever since a series of covid 19 outbreaks in dormitories last year, migrant labourers in singapore have been banned from mixing with the general public. for the past 18 months, the majority of workers have only been allowed out of their facilities to go to work. but with one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, singapore and its government are facing increasing pressure to let them out. nick marsh spoke to some of the men longing to leave. it s been one of the world s longest lockdowns. behind this barbed wire, there s talk of a growing mental health crisis thousands of men confined in dormitories, leaving only to work. for sharif, things are starting to get too much. i want to send a message to singapore government. we long time in dormitory, so many people are