CHIANG MAI, Jan 16 (TNA) – Chiang Mai province has
launched an application, AirCMI to provide data on the dust particle levels in
the province, so local residents can access information and protect themselves
from the fine particulate matter.
Under cooperation of local authorities and agencies,
concerned such as the Pollution Control Department, the Meteorological
Department and Chiang Mai University, the application provides the information
about air quality, measured at several air monitoring stations and forecast of
the haze situation in this northern province.
Local authorities have reinforced surveillance for
vulnerable groups of more than 530,000 people.
Most of them or 400,000 people are the elderly. The
rest are pregnant women, patients with respiratory and heart diseases.
However, there has been no report of increasing
number of patients, seeking medical treatment from the toxic particulate
matter.
Chiang Mai’s public health office has sought 500,000
face masks for distribution to people in affected areas. (TNA)
