Written Answer to PQ by Minister for Manpower Dr Tan See Leng on Percentages Of Migrant Workers Living In Dormitories Infected With Covid-19 In 2021 And Their Respective Medical Outcomes

NOTICE PAPER NO. 957 OF 2022 FOR THE SITTING ON 14 FEBRUARY 2022
QUESTION NO. 1513 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

MP: Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang

To ask the Minister for Manpower for 2021, what are the respective percentages of migrant workers living in dormitories who were infected with COVID-19 and who (i) had no or mild symptoms (ii) required oxygen in the general ward (iii) were in ICU and (iv) died, broken down by those vaccinated and unvaccinated

Answer:

1. About 98% of migrant workers living in dormitories are fully vaccinated. The vast majority of migrant workers living in dormitories that were infected with COVID-19 in 2021 were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms.

2. In 2021, 11 fully vaccinated migrant workers required oxygen or were admitted to intensive care. This represents 0.05% of vaccinated migrant workers who tested positive on a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. Another 7 unvaccinated or partially vaccinated migrant workers needed oxygen supplementation or were admitted to intensive care, representing 0.32% of unvaccinated or partially vaccinated migrant workers who tested PCR positive. This proportion is more than 6 times that of vaccinated migrant workers. There were no COVID-19 related deaths amongst migrant workers living in dormitories in 2021.