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Data on Migrant Workers Infected with COVID-19 in 2021

NOTICE PAPER NO. 874
NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 10 JANUARY 2022

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang
MP for Nee Soon GRC

Question No. 1368

To ask the Minister for Health in 2021, what percentage of migrant workers who were infected with COVID-19 (i) had no or mild symptoms (ii) required oxygen supplementation in general wards (iii) were in the intensive care unit and (iv) died, respectively.

Written Answer

Among migrant workers (Employment Pass, S Pass, and Work Permit holders) infected with COVID-19 reported between 1 January 2021 and 27 December 2021, 99.9% had no or mild symptoms, 0.11% required oxygen supplementation, 0.021% were in the intensive care unit and 0.0042% passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. The data is based on the worst-ever condition of each COVID-19 case.

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