WHO / SINGAPORE COVID-19
09-Nov-2020
00:05:36
Singapore’s COVID-19 response includes working together with non-governmental organizations and more than 5,000 migrant ambassadors who can engage with the migrant worker communities in their own languages. WHO
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STORY: WHO / SINGAPORE COVID-19
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SOURCE: WHO
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / BANGLA / NATS
DATELINE: 14 AUGUST 2020, SINGAPORE
TRT: 05:36
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / BANGLA / NATS
DATELINE: 14 AUGUST 2020, SINGAPORE
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot, Singapore cityscape
2. Med shot, Singaporean flags hanging from apartment balconies
3. Med shot, people walking near shops
4. Various shots, cranes on construction sites
5. Med shot, people wearing masks walking past shops
6. Med shot, sign showing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Bernard Menon, Executive Director, Migrant Workers’ Centre:
“Earlier on in the virus, we started learning gradually more about how COVID-19 operates, how it moves about. And automatically we started to be quite concerned about our migrant workers in Singapore.”
8. Various shots, exteriors of a migrant worker dormitory
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Dan Yock Young, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore:
“In this epidemic, we enlisted the help of our regional health services, as well as our private health providers to deploy medical services upfront in the dorms, as well as mobile medical teams, and also regional medical centres where these dorm migrant workers can seek medical help.”
10. Various shots, medical team attending to a worker at a dormitory
11. Various shots, migrant worker consulting doctor virtually
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Bernard Menon, Executive Director, Migrant Workers’ Centre:
“One of our key strategies, which I think we benefited from during the COVID-19 pandemic, is the fact that we also engaged a lot of migrant workers at their workplaces, at their live places and also in their congregation spaces through migrant worker advocates of ours, or ‘ambassadors’ of ours, as we call them. We started recruiting ambassadors as far back as four, five, six years ago. By the time COVID-19 came to Singapore, we had already 5,000 migrant worker ambassadors as part of MWC’s (Migrant Workers’ Centre) grassroots network.”
13. Med shot, MWC migrant worker ambassador giving class to workers on hygiene measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19
14. Various shots, migrant workers practising hygiene measures during class
15. Med shot, MWC migrant worker ambassador showing how to put on mask
16. Med shot, migrant workers practising putting on masks
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Dan Yock Young, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore:
“It is not just a biological virus that is our enemy, it also involves social aspects. Besides the virus, the psychological health, the social support are extremely important in how we manage this condition in the community. And, we have since started to realise that it requires a multipronged holistic approach to ensure that we are able to get a handle on this epidemic and to be able to defeat this virus.”
18. Various shots, migrant worker from Bangladesh who was infected and recovered from COVID-19
19. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Raju Sarkar, Migrant worker from Bangladesh:
“Actually, I could not feel when the disease came or when it left. I only remember going to the hospital with a cough and cold, but what happened after that, when and how I was treated, I don't know anything. It is only after I regained consciousness that I found out that I had contracted the disease and after that I suddenly received the news of my son's birth.”
20. Various shot, Sarkar looking at pictures of his infant son on his phone
21. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Raju Sarkar, Migrant worker from Bangladesh:
“With the help of the doctor's cell phone, I saw my son's photograph. After looking at my son I was filled with courage and joy. He gave me the inspiration and courage to survive, and the will to live.”
22. Various shots, food being delivered to a migrant dormitory
23. Med shot, food being brought up to migrant worker room
2. Med shot, Singaporean flags hanging from apartment balconies
3. Med shot, people walking near shops
4. Various shots, cranes on construction sites
5. Med shot, people wearing masks walking past shops
6. Med shot, sign showing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Bernard Menon, Executive Director, Migrant Workers’ Centre:
“Earlier on in the virus, we started learning gradually more about how COVID-19 operates, how it moves about. And automatically we started to be quite concerned about our migrant workers in Singapore.”
8. Various shots, exteriors of a migrant worker dormitory
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Dan Yock Young, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore:
“In this epidemic, we enlisted the help of our regional health services, as well as our private health providers to deploy medical services upfront in the dorms, as well as mobile medical teams, and also regional medical centres where these dorm migrant workers can seek medical help.”
10. Various shots, medical team attending to a worker at a dormitory
11. Various shots, migrant worker consulting doctor virtually
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Bernard Menon, Executive Director, Migrant Workers’ Centre:
“One of our key strategies, which I think we benefited from during the COVID-19 pandemic, is the fact that we also engaged a lot of migrant workers at their workplaces, at their live places and also in their congregation spaces through migrant worker advocates of ours, or ‘ambassadors’ of ours, as we call them. We started recruiting ambassadors as far back as four, five, six years ago. By the time COVID-19 came to Singapore, we had already 5,000 migrant worker ambassadors as part of MWC’s (Migrant Workers’ Centre) grassroots network.”
13. Med shot, MWC migrant worker ambassador giving class to workers on hygiene measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19
14. Various shots, migrant workers practising hygiene measures during class
15. Med shot, MWC migrant worker ambassador showing how to put on mask
16. Med shot, migrant workers practising putting on masks
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Dan Yock Young, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore:
“It is not just a biological virus that is our enemy, it also involves social aspects. Besides the virus, the psychological health, the social support are extremely important in how we manage this condition in the community. And, we have since started to realise that it requires a multipronged holistic approach to ensure that we are able to get a handle on this epidemic and to be able to defeat this virus.”
18. Various shots, migrant worker from Bangladesh who was infected and recovered from COVID-19
19. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Raju Sarkar, Migrant worker from Bangladesh:
“Actually, I could not feel when the disease came or when it left. I only remember going to the hospital with a cough and cold, but what happened after that, when and how I was treated, I don't know anything. It is only after I regained consciousness that I found out that I had contracted the disease and after that I suddenly received the news of my son's birth.”
20. Various shot, Sarkar looking at pictures of his infant son on his phone
21. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Raju Sarkar, Migrant worker from Bangladesh:
“With the help of the doctor's cell phone, I saw my son's photograph. After looking at my son I was filled with courage and joy. He gave me the inspiration and courage to survive, and the will to live.”
22. Various shots, food being delivered to a migrant dormitory
23. Med shot, food being brought up to migrant worker room
STORYLINE
Singapore’s COVID-19 response includes working together with non-governmental organizations and more than 5,000 migrant ambassadors who can engage with the migrant worker communities in their own languages.
The response is a collective effort of stakeholders from businesses, the community, and government.
SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Dan Yock Young, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore:
“it is not just a biological virus that is our enemy, it also involves social aspects. Besides the virus, the psychological health, the social support are extremely important in how we manage this condition in the community. And, we have since started to realise that it requires a multi-pronged holistic approach to ensure that we are able to get a handle on this epidemic and to be able to defeat this virus.”
Caring for Singapore’s migrant workers requires a massive mobilisation of the public and private sectors, as well as civil society.
SOUNDBITE (English) Bernard Menon, Executive Director, Migrant Workers’ Centre:
“Earlier on in the virus, we started learning gradually more about how COVID-19 operates, how it moves about. And automatically we started to be quite concerned about our migrant workers in Singapore.”
Singapore’s COVID-19 response includes working together with non-governmental organizations and more than 5000 migrant ambassadors who can engage with the migrant worker communities in their own languages.
SOUNDBITE (English) Bernard Menon, Executive Director, Migrant Workers’ Centre:
“One of our key strategies, which I think we benefited from during the COVID-19 pandemic, is the fact that we also engaged a lot of migrant workers at their workplaces, at their live places and also in their congregation spaces through migrant worker advocates of ours, or ‘ambassadors’ of ours, as we call them. We started recruiting ambassadors as far back as four, five, six years ago. By the time COVID-19 came to Singapore, we had already 5,000 migrant worker ambassadors as part of MWC’s (Migrant Workers’ Centre) grassroots network.”
For migrant workers in dormitories, social distancing measures were implemented to minimise interactions amongst the workers, to slow down the spread of the virus. An aggressive testing regime was also established. In addition, medical posts have been deployed in the dormitories, and workers who are feeling unwell are encouraged to see a doctor so that they could receive appropriate treatment promptly.
SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Dan Yock Young, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore:
“In this epidemic, we enlisted the help of our regional health services, as well as our private health providers to deploy medical services upfront in the dorms, as well as mobile medical teams, and also regional medical centres where these dorm migrant workers can seek medical help.”
Those showing COVID-19 symptoms receive free treatment.
SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Raju Sarkar, Migrant worker from Bangladesh:
“Actually, I could not feel when the disease came or when it left. I only remember going to the hospital with a cough and cold, but what happened after that, when and how I was treated, I don't know anything. It is only after I regained consciousness that I found out that I had contracted the disease and after that I suddenly received the news of my son's birth.”
Singapore deployed 3,000 public officers to support dormitory operators and employers. Many Singaporeans have volunteered time, effort and contributed to ground-up initiatives to provide migrant workers with masks, care packs and essential items in solidarity with the country.
The response is a collective effort of stakeholders from businesses, the community, and government.
SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Dan Yock Young, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore:
“it is not just a biological virus that is our enemy, it also involves social aspects. Besides the virus, the psychological health, the social support are extremely important in how we manage this condition in the community. And, we have since started to realise that it requires a multi-pronged holistic approach to ensure that we are able to get a handle on this epidemic and to be able to defeat this virus.”
Caring for Singapore’s migrant workers requires a massive mobilisation of the public and private sectors, as well as civil society.
SOUNDBITE (English) Bernard Menon, Executive Director, Migrant Workers’ Centre:
“Earlier on in the virus, we started learning gradually more about how COVID-19 operates, how it moves about. And automatically we started to be quite concerned about our migrant workers in Singapore.”
Singapore’s COVID-19 response includes working together with non-governmental organizations and more than 5000 migrant ambassadors who can engage with the migrant worker communities in their own languages.
SOUNDBITE (English) Bernard Menon, Executive Director, Migrant Workers’ Centre:
“One of our key strategies, which I think we benefited from during the COVID-19 pandemic, is the fact that we also engaged a lot of migrant workers at their workplaces, at their live places and also in their congregation spaces through migrant worker advocates of ours, or ‘ambassadors’ of ours, as we call them. We started recruiting ambassadors as far back as four, five, six years ago. By the time COVID-19 came to Singapore, we had already 5,000 migrant worker ambassadors as part of MWC’s (Migrant Workers’ Centre) grassroots network.”
For migrant workers in dormitories, social distancing measures were implemented to minimise interactions amongst the workers, to slow down the spread of the virus. An aggressive testing regime was also established. In addition, medical posts have been deployed in the dormitories, and workers who are feeling unwell are encouraged to see a doctor so that they could receive appropriate treatment promptly.
SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Dan Yock Young, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore:
“In this epidemic, we enlisted the help of our regional health services, as well as our private health providers to deploy medical services upfront in the dorms, as well as mobile medical teams, and also regional medical centres where these dorm migrant workers can seek medical help.”
Those showing COVID-19 symptoms receive free treatment.
SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Raju Sarkar, Migrant worker from Bangladesh:
“Actually, I could not feel when the disease came or when it left. I only remember going to the hospital with a cough and cold, but what happened after that, when and how I was treated, I don't know anything. It is only after I regained consciousness that I found out that I had contracted the disease and after that I suddenly received the news of my son's birth.”
Singapore deployed 3,000 public officers to support dormitory operators and employers. Many Singaporeans have volunteered time, effort and contributed to ground-up initiatives to provide migrant workers with masks, care packs and essential items in solidarity with the country.
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