Jakarta, Sept 22, 2026 (AFP) - Respiratory problems climb past 170,000 in haze-hit Indonesia

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2026-09-22

More than 170,000 respiratory cases were recorded in regions affected by haze in Indonesia, a health ministry official said Tuesday, as the country battles for weeks to control fires that caused the toxic smog. Blazes in Borneo, Sumatra and Papua have blanketed parts of the vast archipelago of more than 280 million people, as well as neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore, sending air quality indices plummeting. The toxic smog contains pollutants in......

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