Haze: Serian Records Hazardous Api Reading
Hazardous air quality levels have been recorded in Serian, Malaysia, with several other regions reporting unhealthy air pollutant index readings. The Ministry of Health has noted a significant surge in respiratory and eye-related illnesses linked to the haze.
Why it matters
Widespread air pollution poses a severe public health risk, particularly for vulnerable populations, and necessitates government intervention.
KUCHING, Aug 30– Serian recorded a hazardous Air Pollutant Index (API) reading as of 8 am today.
According to the Department of Environment (DOE)’s Air Pollutant Index Management System (APIMS) portal, the API reading at the Serian District Police Headquarters monitoring station stood at 364.
Meanwhile, three areas in Sarawak recorded very unhealthy API readings, namely Samarahan (300), Kuching (291) and Sri Aman (214).
Areas recording unhealthy API readings include Sarikei (195), Sibu (187), Bintulu (179), Samalaju (171), Mukah (170), Kapit (159), Miri (155) and the Miri Industrial Training Institute (ILP) (151).
An API reading of zero to 50 indicates good air quality, 51 to 100 (moderate), 101 to 200 (unhealthy), 201 to 300 (very unhealthy), and above 300 (hazardous).
API figures are updated hourly based on readings from 68 monitoring stations nationwide.
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