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Air pollution triggers respiratory diseases

A visitor at Sa Ket temple takes a shot of the obscured Bangkok skyline from the top of the Golden Mount on Thursday. Haze blanketed parts of the city, prompting health warnings. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

More than 31,000 people in Bangkok and 1.4 million nationwide have developed respiratory diseases due to haze pollution since Jan 1, according to the Public Health Ministry.

Dr Pathomporn Siraprapasiri, inspector-general at the Public Health Ministry, on Friday said the ministry has teamed up with the Health Department and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to endorse the Department of Disease Control’s air pollution control measures.

Data from public hospitals and the BMA’s Medical Service Department showed…

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