A staggering 99.8 percent of the 430 garment workers, covered by a survey, claimed that they were not infected with Covid-19, according to a study by Manusher Jonno Foundation.
Of the workers, 95.8 percent said they didn't have information whether their co-workers were infected or not. Only 1.8 percent of them mentioned that their family members were infected with the virus, says the study titled "Covid-19 Impact on Selected RMG factories and Way Forward".
None of the respondents visited doctors or got tested for Covid-19 while 85.7 percent of them suffered from fever and cold during the period. They doubted whether the symptoms were related to the novel coronavirus, it said.
The study is based on telephone interviews of 330 female and 100 male workers in 21 garment factories in Dhaka and Chattogram.
On wages and benefits, the study said 99.8 percent of the respondents received wages for March and April this year.
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However, none of the respondents got full wage. And 91.48 percent of them said they did not get wages and allowances as per the labour law.
Besides, 80.4 percent workers said they received masks from the factories, and 95.3 percent said they were satisfied with the hand-washing facilities at workplaces.
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