Public and private sectors asked to let staff work from home next 3 days

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have sought cooperation from both the public and private sectors in and around Bangkok by allowing their employees to work from home until this weekend, as air pollution has deteriorated to a health-threatening level.

The BMA’s Line Alert service at 6pm today showed PM2.5 reaching the Red level in 31 out of the 50 districts in the capital.

The Air Pollution Mitigation Centre reported excessive PM2.5 in the atmosphere of 55 provinces.

• In northern provinces, PM2.5 levels range from 18 to 83.2µg/m³

• In central and western provinces, PM2.5 ranges from 51.5 to 110.1µg/m³

• In eastern provinces it’s from 39.2 to 81.3µg/m³

• In north-eastern provinces, 22.5 to73.7µg/m³

• In Bangkok and its vicinity, PM2.5 ranges from 58.3 to 105µg/m³

• In southern provinces, its…