李显龙总理温馨喊话:新加坡与客工携手共渡难关!

总理李显龙表示,新加坡政府将于客工们携手共渡难关,确保他们的福利获得照顾,生病的客工也能尽快康复!

In this image provided by the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) of Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong addresses the nation about the passing of his father, Singapore’s founder Lee Kuan Yew, during a live broadcast on Monday, March 23, 2015 in Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew, the founder of modern Singapore who was both feared for his authoritarian tactics and admired worldwide for turning the city-state into one of the world’s richest nations while in power for 31 years, died Monday. He was 91. (AP Photo/Ministry of Communications and Information of Singapore, Terence Tan)

新加坡昨天创下单日728宗病例的最高增幅记录,当终究要654起是来自客工宿舍,同时共有3个客工宿舍成为新感染群。

 

李显龙总理在Facebook上感谢客工和外籍佣人对新加坡的贡献。“客工协助我们兴建组屋、地铁、机场和港口,也有在工厂值夜班的、有的在医院和疗养院照顾老弱病人,新加坡也有数十万户家庭依靠外籍女佣帮忙”。

新病例中除了一名竹脚妇幼医院的行政人员,还有一名疗养院的89岁年长居民。

新加坡疗养院自本月初加强防疫措施,包括禁止任何外来访客进入院内面对面探望年长者。这项安排维持至5月4日。