Singapore's Bangladeshi workers have eyes on home as coronavirus shakes community by geddiejdk koustavsamanta
SINGAPORE - With his shaggy grey beard, rose-colored robe and a prayer cap that extends his tall frame, shopkeeper Tariqul Islam is an imposing figure on the stall-lined street that serves up home comforts to Singapore’s Bangladeshi community.
Unease over the virus has gripped groups of migrant workers across Asia - who often live in crowded, cramped conditions - and their families thousands of miles away who want them to return home. Singapore has reported 90 coronavirus cases, five involving Bangladeshis who worked at the same construction site. One is in a “very critical condition,” Bangladesh’s foreign minister said.
“We’re staying for now, but maybe if the situation worsens then we will go back too,” he said, speaking in Bengali alongside a few colleagues. “My income is crucial,” said Haq, whose father, a farmer, does not earn enough to support his six-member family, several of whom are still in school.Other workers said Singapore’s high-quality healthcare facilities and preventative measures, such as taking employees’ temperatures twice daily and isolating suspected cases, gave them confidence to stay.
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