Pre-recorded prayers played in dormitories for migrant workers celebrating Diwali in Singapore

Pre-recorded spiritual prayers and greetings by the chief clergymen of assorted Hindu temples in Singapore had been shared with migrant employees via social media as a part of Diwali celebrations on Saturday, in accordance with a media report.

Various organisations additionally got here collectively to distribute goodies to the employees throughout 144 dormitories which home migrant employees together with Indian nationals working in labour-intensive industries right here.

When the coronavirus pandemic hit Singapore’s shores, the migrant employees in dormitories had been the worst affected, with tens of hundreds contaminated.

Many had been positioned in quarantine or below lockdown in an effort to regulate the unfold of the illness, and restrictions had been imposed on what they might do on the remainder of the times. Currently, they’re nonetheless largely restricted to their workplaces and dormitories, or accepted areas similar to recreation centres.

“The last few months have been very challenging for our migrant brothers in the dormitories. They have cooperated with measures implemented by the authorities and have generally taken all the controls in the right spirit… (It is) timely during this festive period to recognise and laud the contributions of some of the true heroes of this pandemic – the workers themselves,” Migrant Workers’ Centre (MWC) chairman Yeo Guat Kwang mentioned on Saturday.

Over 1,000 volunteers took half within the initiative organised by the Ministry of Manpower’s Assurance, Care and Engagement (Ace) Group, the Hindu Endowments Board (HEB) and the Coordinating Council of Sikh Institutions (CCSI), The Straits Times reported.

From November 12 to 14, the employees obtained reward packs containing savoury and candy treats similar to murukku and laddu, which had been contributed by the three organisers, numerous Hindu temples, Sikh Gurdwaras and Indian International School right here.

Meanwhile, Singapore reported two imported Covid-19 circumstances on Saturday, mentioned the Ministry of Health (MOH), including that they’ve been positioned on stay-home discover upon arrival right here.

There was no regionally transmitted an infection for the fourth consecutive day.

The 12 imported circumstances, reported on Friday, got here from France, India, Indonesia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Myanmar, Russia, France and the Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates.

Fifty Covid-19 sufferers are hospitalised whereas 28 had been recuperating in remoted neighborhood amenities as of Friday.

With six sufferers discharged on Friday, 58,008 individuals have totally recovered from the illness in Singapore.