Schools in many areas of Malaysia were closed on Monday after air pollution caused by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia spiked to hazardous levels over the weekend.
On Sunday morning, Malaysia declared a state of emergency in two southern regions as the country's air pollution scale exceeded 700, Bernama, Malaysia's state news agency reported. According to the index, a reading above 300 is considered hazardous.
Schools were closed in the capital Kuala Lumpur and several states on Monday and workplaces in the two districts affected by the state of emergency were advised to shut, Bernama also reported.
"The schools are ordered to be closed as a precautionary measure since the bad air quality will affect the health of students," Second Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh said.
By Monday morning, the haze eased, with the pollution scale in one of the worst-hit areas falling to 148.
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