Report: Annual haze may return, possible further complications to Covid-19 patients
Friday, 10 Jul 2020 09:54 AM MYTHe said Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association president Datuk Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar says people should continue to mask up whether or not haze occurs this year as Covid-19 spreads through droplets and is not an airborne virus. — AFP pic
Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association president Datuk Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar told English dailythat the haze will cause enhanced respiratory problems to Covid-19 positive risk groups such as the children and the elderly. “There has been no evidence to suggest that the haze situation will increase the spread of Covid-19, so technically it’s a very remote possibility.
“For this reason, the control of haze-causing forest fires should be monitored more closely for the dry season,” Mashitah toldThe current state of air quality based on the Air Pollutant Index reading on June 1, showed that almost all air quality in the country was at a moderate level.
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