Haze conditions worsened across Malaysia on Thursday, with 10 areas recording unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings as at 2.10pm, up from seven areas at 11.30am.
Seven of the affected areas were in Sarawak, led by Serian with an API reading of 178, followed by Samarahan at 177 and Kuching at 174. Sri Aman recorded 161, Sarikei 157, Mukah 152 and Sibu 151.
In Selangor, Johan Setia recorded an API reading of 154 while Shah Alam registered 105. Cheras in Kuala Lumpur also entered the unhealthy category at 128.
Under the API classification, readings between 101 and 200 are considered unhealthy.
