Bangkok Urges Work From Home As City Chokes Under Pollution

Public health crisis is brewing over the problem, with at least two million people in Thailand needing medical treatment because of pollution in 2023.

Bangkok city employees have been told to work from home to avoid harmful air pollution, as a layer of noxious haze blanketed the Thai capital on Thursday.

City authorities asked for cooperation from employers to help workers in the city of some 11 million people avoid the pollution, which is expected to last into Friday.

The air monitoring website IQAir ranked Bangkok among the 10 most polluted cities in the world on Thursday morning.