Fourty-three provinces, including Bangkok and its suburbs, remained blanketed in smog. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Fourty-three provinces, including capital Bangkok and its suburbs, remained blanketed in smog on Friday.
Jindabamrung School in Khan Na Yao district took similar action in announcing a Friday closure and Monday reopening on its Facebook page. The Thawi Wattha district office also suggested that seven schools under the supervision of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration in the district do the same. Dr Narong Aphikulvanich, deputy permanent secretary for the ministry of public health, said that public health emergency operation centres have been set up in 14 provinces affected by PM2.5 to deal with the problem in a more systematic manner. Some of the provinces include Bangkok and Chiang Mai.
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