Of republic's 90 coronavirus cases, 5 involve Bangladeshis who worked at the same construction site. FMTNews
February 25, 2020 3:35 PMSINGAPORE: With his shaggy grey beard, rose-coloured robe and a prayer cap that extends his tall frame, shopkeeper Tariqul Islam is an imposing figure on the stall-lined street that serves up home comforts to Singapore’s Bangladeshi community.
“A lot of people have gone back,” said Islam, 52, as a few customers wearing masks perused the fruit and vegetables spread outside his shop on Lembu Road in Singapore’s Little India neighbourhood. “When people think about life or family, they don’t care about money.” A Bangladeshi in the United Arab Emirates has also been infected, as have Filipino and Indonesian domestic workers in Singapore and Hong Kong.
“We’re staying for now, but maybe if the situation worsens then we will go back too,” he said, speaking in Bengali alongside a few colleagues. “My income is crucial,” said Haq, whose father, a farmer, does not earn enough to support his six-member family, several of whom are still in school.
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