Air Quality In DKI Jakarta Is Not Healthy On Sunday Morning

JAKARTA - The air quality index (AQI) in DKI Jakarta reached 160 or was categorized as unhealthy, based on data from the IQAIR air quality monitoring site on Sunday, October 15 at 06.20 WIB.

The air quality monitoring site with the latest time also listed Jakarta as the city with the worst air quality eighth in the world after Wuhan, China, in seventh place with AQI at 161.

Meanwhile, the country with the worst air quality in the world is Kumpala, (Uganda) with 228. Next in second place Delhi (India) at 186, Dhaka, (Bangladesh) at 178, then Dubai (Union of the Arab Emirates) with AQI at 165.

Previously, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) appealed to the public to wear masks if they were in locations with high air contamination levels.

"The public is also advised to always pay attention to air quality information, especially from the BMKG, KLHK and the local Environment Agency as authorized government agencies," said Acting (Plt) Deputy for Climatology BMKG Ardhasena Sopaheliwakan in Jakarta, last week quoted from Antara.