Malaysia Closes Schools In Kuala Lumpur, Others Over Haze
Roughly 2 million students were affected as air pollution in Kuala Lumpur reached an API reading of about 170, officials said.
- On Friday, Malaysia closed schools across Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, and several states including Selangor and Johor as smoke from Indonesian forest fires pushed air pollution to unhealthy levels, affecting roughly two million students.
- Smoke from Indonesian forest fires, fueled by El Nino conditions, has blanketed the region during the worst fire season in a decade, scorching at least 200,000 hectares across six provinces.
- Kuala Lumpur recorded an Air Pollutant Index reading of about 170, prompting King Sultan Ibrahim's declaration that schools must close when readings reach 150 or higher.
- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim spoke with Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto, who agreed to take "the necessary steps," while Kuala Lumpur stepped up cloud seeding efforts.
- Singapore's Formula One weekend, set to end on Sunday, will proceed with extra medics and masks, as organisers insisted the haze is "not a threat.
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"I have instructed all state education departments and district education offices to continue monitoring the smoke situation and take immediate action if conditions so require," Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said in a statement. "I also understand that any decision to close schools will affect the daily lives of parents," she added in the text, listing schools closed in whole or in part in five states, as well as in two federal territories. …
Malaysian authorities have decided to close educational institutions in the capital Kuala Lumpur and several states due to severe air pollution caused by smoke from forest fires in Indonesia, Bernama reported. Classes have been suspended in educational institutions in several states, including Selangor, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan, as well as in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. Schoolchildren are being transferred to distance learning in the most aff…
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More than two million students across Malaysia were forced to stay home on Friday as toxic haze from wildfires in Indonesia blanketed the region and the two nations' leaders discussed efforts to tackle the crisis.
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