TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) reported that haze that hit Sumatera and Kalimantan was getting widespread, had even reached Java.
“From the monitoring of Himawari satellite, thin haze was covering Java Sea and some were heading to Jakarta,” said Head of BNPB Information Center Sutopo Purwo Nugroho on Saturday (24/10).
Sutopo also said that haze had even reached other countries in South East Asia, such as the Philippines and air quality in the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore has declined.
Furthermore, BNPB reported that at least 503,874 people were affected by respiratory infections (ISPA) and the data was collected from six provinces in Sumatera and Kalimantan.
AVIT HIDAYAT