Singapore haze lasts 12 days, longest since 2015

Listen Summarise Singapore has had 12 straight days of unhealthy PSI since Oct 5, the longest haze spell since 2015, and air quality hit “very unhealthy” on Oct 15. The 2015 haze was worse, with PSI above 300 on two days and a six-week stretch. The current episode is also nearing that length. The haze is affecting health, with more hospital and clinic visits for asthma, cough and eye irritation. MOH said supplies are enough to cope. AI generated

SINGAPORE – Singapore has registered unhealthy Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) readings daily since Oct 5 – making this 12-day period the longest continuous stretch of poor air quality the country has had to endure since the 2015 haze crisis .

That year, Singapore experienced a 15-day stretch of bad air between Sept 23 and Oct 7, The Straits Times’ checks on historical 24-hour PSI readings on government data portal Singstat showed.