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Riau health agency to provide 30,000 masks to anticipate worsening haze |
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The Riau provincial health agency has provided 30,000 masks in
anticipation of haze from forest fires which have been razing in some
in Riau province, a spokesman said.
Burhanudin Agung, head of the Riau public health and nutrition agency
made the remarks here Tuesday, adding that the masks have been stored
at the health agency`s storage facility prior to their distribution to
the people.
The Riau health agency has planned to distribute the masks to the
people in all districts and towns which have been blanketed by the
haze, he said.
But the distribution of the masks had been postponed as the air
pollution standard index (ISPU) of the haze is still on a moderate
level, the spokesman said.
The masks will be distributed immediately after the ISPU started to increase, Burhanuddin said.
In the meantime, Blucer Dolog Saribu, head of the Pekanbaru Meteorology
and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said that the result of a monitoring by the
NOAA 18 satellite, there are now 78 hot spots in districts and towns.
(Source : Antara)
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