Indonesia launches 'oxygen buses' due to smog in the city of Palankaraya in Indonesia, buses with free oxygen cylinders have started to travel. They are helping residents suffering from thick smog due to forest fires, the Independent writes. According to media reports, Indonesia regularly faces forest fires, but this year they were the worst in almost 11 years. Due to the smog, the number of respiratory diseases has increased sharply. From August to October 25, about 350 thousand cases were registered in Israel. Air quality has deteriorated not only in Indonesia, but also in neighboring Singapore and Malaysia. Health workers are on duty in white and blue buses. People can breathe oxygen through a tube for 5 to 10 minutes. The doctors record the patients' data. The authorities also opened an "Oxygen House" for residents and firefighters. At least 127 people have already received free assistance. Pollution levels in some areas exceeded 1,000 - more than four times the dangerous threshold of 300. Thousands of people in Malaysia demonstrated last week. They demand that a state of emergency be declared to allocate money to aid the victims. However, President Pravo Subianto has so far refused to do so.

Indonesia launches 'oxygen buses' due to smog in the city of Palankaraya in Indonesia, buses with free oxygen cylinders have started to travel. They are helping residents suffering from thick smog due to forest fires, the Independent writes. According to media reports, Indonesia regularly faces forest fires, but this year they were the worst in almost 11 years. Due to the smog, the number of respiratory diseases has increased sharply. From August to October 25, about 350 thousand cases were registered in Israel. Air quality has deteriorated not only in Indonesia, but also in neighboring Singapore and Malaysia. Health workers are on duty in white and blue buses. People can breathe oxygen through a tube for 5 to 10 minutes. The doctors record the patients' data. The authorities also opened an "Oxygen House" for residents and firefighters. At least 127 people have already received free assistance. Pollution levels in some areas exceeded 1,000 - more than four times the dangerous threshold of 300. Thousands of people in Malaysia demonstrated last week. They demand that a state of emergency be declared to allocate money to aid the victims. However, President Pravo Subianto has so far refused to do so.