#respiratory

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BI evacuates relatives of employees from haze-shrouded Pekanbaru

Bank Indonesia (BI) Office in Riau Province has evacuated 67 ailment-prone relatives of its employees to West Sumatra ...

Palangka Raya government to fund wildfire emergency budget

The  Palangka Raya city government in Central Kalimantan Province will provide Rp1.7 billion towards an ...

Kalimantan wildfires force orangutans to trespass on residential areas

Some orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) fled their habitat and trespassed on residential areas in East Kotawaringin District, ...

Satellites detect 1,313 hotspots in Sumatra on Wednesday

The Pekanbaru meteorology station cited the presence of 1,313 hotspots indicative of forest fires throughout Sumatra ...

S Sumatra Governor assures students on demands

South Sumatra Governor Herman Deru has said he is ready to resign if he fails to meet the demand of students related to ...

Government makes maximal efforts to fight land, forest fires: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) echoed the government’s full-blown efforts to fight land and forest fires in the ...

Dozens of orangutans afflicted with acute respiratory tract infection

Dozens of orangutans undergoing rehabilitation in the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation area in Nyaru ...

NGOs send open letter to President Jokowi over forest fires

Several NGOs have sent an open letter to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), urging the government to act concretely in ...

Pekanbaru's 21 health service posts ready to serve haze victims

A total of 21 public health service posts (Puskesmas) in the Riau provincial capital of Pekanbaru are on standby to ...

Deteriorating air pollution forces evacuation of residents

Forest fire-induced air pollution in Pekanbaru, Riau, has reached a hazardous level, thereby compelling some citizens ...

Haze impairs visibility to 700 meters in Pekanbaru

Haze emanating from forest fires has caused a drastic drop in visibility in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, to 700 meters on ...

Schools forced to close as haze worsens Jambi's air quality

A deterioration in the air quality in Jambi city, with concentration of harmful PM2.5 particles indicating hazardous ...

Air-polluting forest fire hotspots in Riau reach 154

The Pekanbaru meteorology station reported that 448 hotspots were observed throughout Sumatra Island, comprising 154 ...

7,745 suffer from acute respiratory tract infection in Pekanbaru

The Pekanbaru City Health Office reported that the number of people suffering from acute respiratory tract infection ...

Wildfires ravage 1,500 hectares of land in Bintan District: Authority

The Bintan Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) recorded that wildfires have ravaged some 1,500 hectares of land in the ...