Two hundred schools in Bangkok closed due to air pollution

Bangkok. About 200 schools in Bangkok have been closed due to air pollution.
Seasonal air pollution has long affected Thailand as well as many other countries in the region.
Children are out of school due to the cold weather and the air pollution from the burning of tap straw for crops and car exhaust.
According to IQAir, the Thai capital Bangkok has become the sixth most polluted major city in the world as of Thursday morning.
According to IQAir, the level of PM 2.5 pollutant has reached 122 micrograms per cubic meter.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that 24-hour average exposure should not exceed 15 days at most in a year.
Earlier this week, officials in Bangkok said schools in areas with high levels of PM 2.5 may be closed.
As of Thursday morning, 194 of the 437 schools under the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority have been closed. The shutdown has affected the education of thousands of students.
Dozens of other schools in the capital are not under the metropolis and the data is not available.