Air pollution expected to remain hazardous to health in many provinces next week
PUBLISHED : 21 Jan 2025 at 19: 44
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Traffic is heavy at the Nang Lerng intersection in Bangkok during morning rush hour on Tuesday, despite efforts by City Hall to promote working from home in the capital. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)
The Ministry of Public Health will propose encouraging people across the country to work from home next week, after levels of PM2.5 ultrafine dust pollution exceeded safe levels in almost every province on Tuesday, with the worst recorded in Greater Bangkok.
Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin said the ministry would convene a meeting on Wednesday to devise measures to deal with the growing crisis.
Proposed strategies include a nationwide work-from-home policy, which will be proposed to the ca
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