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More than 10,000 Jambi residents suffer respiratory infections
More than 10,000 people in the city of Jambi have been suffering from acute respiratory infections (ISPA) due to haze from land and forest fires
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ore than 10,000 people in the city of Jambi have been suffering from acute respiratory infections (ISPA) due to haze from land and forest fires.
'Jambi Mayor Syarif Fasya has called on the health officers to work extra hard by visiting the residents instead of waiting for them to come to the health centers,' said Jambi provincial administration spokesperson Abubakar as quoted by tempo.co on Saturday.
In addition to thick smoke, Jambi city is also blanketed with leftover ashes from the burned forest and land with the Air Pollution Standard Index (ISPU) reaching the level of 525 parts per million (ppm).
'Jambi residents should have been evacuated since the ISPU is already highly hazardous for their health,' said Jambi Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) head Arif Munandar.
According to Arif, over the past three days, hot spots were not detected in the province. The smog that blanketed the city allegedly came from South Sumatra.
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Jambi spokesperson, Dwi Atmoko, said that rain was predicted to fall in the province from around mid-October until mid-November.
'Jambi's visibility over the last three days was only 100 to 400 meters,' said Dwi.
Jambi Police are currently investigating 15 plantation firms and have named 28 people suspects for allegedly being involved in land-burning cases. (kes)(++++)
