In the past week, nearly 200,000 people have been hospitalized in Thailand due to heavy air pollution. Since the beginning of the year, 1.3 million have become ill. This is reported by the AFP news agency. On Wednesday, it was so bad that the Thai public health authority urged children and pregnant women to stay indoors and others to wear a special face mask to avoid getting sick – the pollution particles inhaled can go straight into the bloodstream. – It has been difficult to breathe lately. I have been sick for the last few days, says 18-year-old Nada Leelatana in Bangkok. The emissions come from vehicles and industries but also from agriculture, where land is burned this year. In the agricultural region of Chiang Mai, for example, the situation has been even worse than in Bangkok, according to reports. Watch the thick fog in the player above
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Children and pregnant women are asked to stay indoors in the Swedish paradise
