Percentages of Migrant Workers Living in Dormitories Infected with COVID-19 in 2021 and Their Respective Medical Outcomes

57 Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked 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.

Dr Tan See Leng: 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.

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 seven 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 six times that of vaccinated migrant workers. There were no COVID-19-related deaths amongst migrant workers living in dormitories in 2021.