Schools, kindergartens to close if API exceeds 200

PETALING JAYA: Schools and kindergartens will be ordered to close if the Air Pollutant Index (API) exceeds 200, says the Environment Department.

The department's director-general Datuk Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaafar said, as such, the administration of all schools and kindergartens should constantly monitor the API, and if the level exceeds 200, arrangements to close down its premises will have to be made.