KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — The government and its agencies involved in haze disaster management will be enhancing prevention efforts and immediate action in light of the deteriorating...
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — The government and its agencies involved in haze disaster management will be enhancing prevention efforts and immediate action in light of the deteriorating air quality in the country today.
“The action to deal with haze is based on the National Haze Action Plan that contains specific tasks that need to be taken by each agency based on a certain warning level set according to the air quality status, which is the reading of the API and indications to public health. The latest update was made in 2018, taking into account the inclusion of the PM2.5 particulate parameter in the country’s API reading.
“All schools, kindergartens and nurseries must immediately close when the API reading exceeds 200. For this purpose, schools, kindergartens, and nurseries are required to constantly monitor the API readings. Earlier, the statement listed the API readings detected in 11 locations across the country that continued to be categorised as unhealthy as of 6pm today.
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