Singapore mulls placing workers who recover from COVID-19 on cruise ships


  • World
  • Friday, 17 Apr 2020

View of Star Cruise's Superstar Gemini, which is currently being accessed for use as temporary accommodation for migrant workers, berthed at Marina Bay Cruise Center, Singapore, April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is assessing whether migrant workers who have recovered from coronavirus might be safer on cruise ships than back in dormitories that have become infection hotbeds, despite problems controlling onboard outbreaks encountered elsewhere.

The city-state has seen virus cases surge in sprawling housing complexes for foreign labourers, recording its biggest ever jump in cases on Thursday, and is looking for new accommodation solutions for hundreds of workers.

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