More than 1.3 million Thais fall ill in early 2023 due to air pollution

 Thailand's General Department of Disease Control claims that PM2.5 levels in the country affected about 1.3 million Thais in January, including respiratory illnesses. As the gloomy atmosphere may continue to linger. According to Thai sources.

Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director general of the Thai Department of Disease Control, said a total of more than 1.3 million patients had been exposed to air pollution during January.

He claimed that PM2.5, a particle level smaller than 2.5 micrograms in diameter, exceeded 51 micrograms per cubic meter in the air in recent days in January. Fifteen provinces and cities across the country, including 50 districts in Bangkok, are the main sources of disease, especially respiratory diseases.

He claimed that dust levels in the air of more than 50 micrograms per cubic meter could cause chronic lung and heart disease.In addition to these 15 provinces, PM2.5 levels in the environment that exceeded WHO standards were also found in other provinces last January.In connection with this pollution issue, the Thai Prime Minister's Pollution Control Authority predicted that the air condition and quality in Bangkok from March 9 to 14 will be better because the city has been affected by the air pollution. Wind blows from the southeast, but under the influence of the wind, the pollution situation in the north of the country may worsen.The source warned that the pollution situation could continue to haunt Thailand for another two to three weeks, as patients recorded as having fallen ill due to the environmental problems were estimated to be at risk. An average of 170,000 people a week suffer from eye, skin, heart, lung and brain diseases.

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