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·      Singapore Has Worst Day in Outbreak as Cases Double Over a Week (Bloomberg, 17 April 2020)

·      Singapore’s new covid-19 cases reveal the country’s two very different realities (Washington Post,16 April 2020)

·      As COVID-19 hits F&B sector, calls emerge for delivery apps to lower commission fees (CNA, 16 April 2020)

·      COVID-19: More than 140,000 employers to get first payment under Jobs Support Scheme from Wednesday (CNA, 15 April 2020)

·      Financial support to help Singaporeans affected by COVID-19 (Gov.sg, 15 April 2020)

·      Migrant workers suffer as Asean countries combat Covid-19 (The Star, 14 April 2020)

·      COVID-19: ASEAN should have guidelines on imposing travel or trade restrictions, says PM Lee (CNA, 14 April 2020)

·      24 work pass holders barred from working in Singapore for flouting COVID-19 circuit breaker measures (CNA, 13 April 2020)

·      Singapore: Migrant workers live in fear following a surge of COVID-19 infections in cramped dormitories (Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, 12 April 2020)

·      Covid-19: Floating hotel to house 500 foreign workers in S'pore seen drifting past Pulau Ubin (Mothership, 12 April 2020)

·      Coronavirus: Healthy migrant workers to be housed at void decks and multi-storey carparks at HDB construction sites (Straits Times, 11 April 2020)

·      COVID-19: Battling fear and boredom, migrant workers grapple with isolation in dormitories (CNA, 11 April 2020)

·      NGOs launch initiatives to help migrant workers amid COVID-19 outbreak (CNA, 10 April 2020)

·      Covid-19: Singapore moves 1,300 foreign workers into army camps (The Star, 10 April 2020)

·      All firms to get 75% wage subsidy for local employees and foreign worker levy waived for April (Straits Times, 6 April 2020)

·      Parliament: Josephine Teo calls on employers to do their part in supporting workers, both local and foreign (Straits Times, 6 April 2020)

·      Third round of support measures in Solidarity Budget today (Straits Times, 5 April 2020) 

·      COVID-19: National Wages Council suggests management lead by example when cutting pay (CNA, 30 March 2020) 

·      Migrant workers stay away from usual hangouts (Straits Times, 30 March 2020) 

·      COVID-19 Care Fund (NTUC) (ITUC, 26 March 2020)

·      Union members affected by COVID-19 outbreak to receive one-off relief of up to S$300: NTUC (CNA, 18 March 2020)