Migrant Worker Virus Spread Threatens Singapore’s Invincibility

An embarrassed government finally discovers its less-privileged

Photo Credit: Malay Mail

Singapore has learned with a shock the cost of ignoring the health needs of the 650,000-odd foreign workers who toil largely unseen in the city-state. On April 21, the Ministry of Health announced 1,426 new cases of Covid-19, a huge increase that – assuredly only temporarily – left the tiny island republic, with 5.7 million resid…