Air pollution forced nearly 200 schools in Bangkok to close on Thursday, local authorities said.
A view shows the city amid air pollution in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 22, 2025. - REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha: Air pollution forced nearly 200 schools in Bangkok to close on Thursday, local authorities said, as officials urged people to work from home and restricted heavy vehicles in the city.
Level of PM2.5 pollutants -- cancer-causing microparticles small enough to enter the bloodstream through the lungs -- hit 122 micrograms per cubic metre. And by Friday morning, 194 of the 437 schools under the authority of the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority had shut their doors, affecting thousands of students.
The figure is the highest number of school closures since 2020, when all schools under BMA authority shut over air pollution.
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