Singapore is preparing to house hundreds of foreign workers in accommodation vessels typically used for offshore and marine industry staff as it races to find alternatives to dormitories where the novel coronavirus has been spreading rapidly. All rights reserved.

However, it is unlikely the foreign workers will be able to congregate in large groups at these facilities at the moment now, as they go against social distancing measures in place. The Bibby Progress has 155 hotel rooms and can host 310 people. It is understood from earlier statements on April 9 made by manpower minister Josephine Teo that the foreign workers who are relocated will have limited movement, such as being able to stay in their rooms and only leave them to collect food or use the toilets. The massive lodging on water is nothing like a cruise ship, but is reminiscent of one.

The virus is believed to have spread very early on among foreign workers, but the indicators are only now being picked up on and acted upon. 'Some of the island's mayors have discussed the possibility of implementing a lockdown if needed.Thank you, we appreciate it, but you really don't have to.Copyright © 2020 Mothership. There are other configurations of floating hotels available offered by the company: Most of these cases have a mild illness and are being monitored.She said moving workers out of dorms earlier would have made little difference.The experts have denounced the president's suggestions.MOM also urged members of the public to alert MOM of such incidents, 'so that we can quickly respond to take care of the wellbeing of the workers.

Described as "self-sufficient" and a logistics solution, these floating hotels are operated by Liverpool, UK-based company Bibby Maritime. The workers apparently can remain in their rooms and visit the open deck.There are, at the moment, at least two such floating hotels to be utilised in Singapore. Healthy foreign workers in Singapore have been and will be moved from dormitories to This last accommodation option was mooted on April 9 as infection rates in dormitories got serious. More than 5,000 workers were initially moved out of dormitories to contain the spread, with thousands more subsequently relocated as well. File Photo - Bibby Progress floating hotel - Image Credit: Bibby Maritime Singapore is preparing to house hundreds of foreign workers in accommodation vessels typically used for offshore and marine industry staff as it races to find alternatives to dormitories where the novel coronavirus has been spreading rapidly. Another floating hotel spotted off Pulau Ubin by a member of the public is known as Bibby Renaissance: The Bibby Renaissance has 332 hotel rooms and can host 664 people. [1] ST 10 April 2020 “Healthy workers to be moved to army camps, floating hotels”: Minister Lawrence Wong said that the first floating hotel usually used by those in offshore and marine work and with space for 500 people, might This measure comes as the number of Covid-19 cases in foreign worker dormitories has surged. 'Some of the island's mayors have discussed the possibility of implementing a lockdown if needed.Thank you, we appreciate it, but you really don't have to.Copyright © 2020 Mothership. The interior of this smaller floating hotel is welcoming and cruise cabin-like.

SINGAPORE: Singapore is preparing to house hundreds of foreign workers in accommodation vessels typically used for offshore and marine industry staff as it races to find alternatives to dormitories where the novel coronavirus has been spreading rapidly. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore shared a photo of the floating lodging on April 11: The floating hotel is usually used by those in offshore and marine work. Most of these cases have a mild illness and are being monitored.She said moving workers out of dorms earlier would have made little difference.The experts have denounced the president's suggestions.MOM also urged members of the public to alert MOM of such incidents, 'so that we can quickly respond to take care of the wellbeing of the workers. Contrary to some of the comments by the public that have dismissed this type of lodging as mere containers stacked on top one another, Floating hotels, after all, are usually used by those in offshore and marine work around the world, and were previously deployed in countries as disparate as Norway and Papua New Guinea. The areas that the foreign workers can visit in the floating hotels also appear to be limited to the areas that the transport minister visited, such as the open decks on the roofs. Tens of thousands of migrant workers, many from South Asia All rights reserved.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore shared a photo of the floating lodging on April 11: It explained such lodgings typically have space for about 500 people. Another floating hotel spotted off Pulau Ubin by a member of the public is known as Bibby Renaissance: The Bibby Renaissance has … A medical facility, manned by nurses and doctors from Fullerton Healthcare, will be set up nearby on land in case they are needed. Meals are to be prepared off-site and delivered to the cabins to minimise inter-mingling. But here is a look at some of the other facilities. And it appears the first floating hotel is ready for use. Moving workers away from dorms is to prevent those who do not have the coronavirus from being infected by workers who have been tested with Covid-19.