Foreign domestic helpers queue up to transfer money at World Wide House in Central earlier this month. Photo: Dickson Lee
Coronavirus: crowded dorms putting domestic helpers at risk of infection, advocates say, as second worker confirmed positive
- Domestic helpers often have no choice but to stay in packed facilities when between jobs and while awaiting visas
- But the conditions create the possibility of outbreaks, workers’ rights groups say, as a second woman who stayed in one such dorm was confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus
Foreign domestic helpers queue up to transfer money at World Wide House in Central earlier this month. Photo: Dickson Lee