Health warnings as Bangkok choke on pollution

More than 1.3 million people have fallen sick in the kingdom since the start of the year as a result of air pollution, with nearly 200,000 admitted to hospital this week alone, according to the public health ministry.

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The situation was worse in the northern city of Chiang Mai, in an agricultural region where farmers burn crop stubble at this time of year.

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Nearly 200,000 people in Thailand have been admitted to hospital because of air pollution this week, officials have said, with

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