More than 350 schools in Bangkok have been forced to close due to air pollution, authorities in Thailand’s capital have said.

The popular tourist destination recorded an Air Quality Index of 168 which is considered ‘unhealthy’ while the level of PM2.5 pollutants – cancer-causing microparticles small enough to enter the blood

Air pollution in the Thai capital forced more than 350 schools to close on Friday, city authorities said, the highest number in five years. The reading makes the Thai capital currently the world's seventh-most polluted major city.

Bangkok’s air quality took a nosedive today, earning it the grim title of the fourth worst city in the world for air pollution.

Air pollution has led to the closure of over 350 schools in Bangkok, as the city ranked seventh in the world for pollution. Levels of harmful PM2.5 pollutants were significantly above WHO guidelines.

South-east Asian cities were among five most polluted in the world today according to air-monitoring organisation IQAir, with Ho Chi Minh City

The travel concession allows passengers to ride buses and elevated and underground electric trains in the capital without charge.

Thai authorities on Friday closed over 350 schools in the capital Bangkok due to air pollution, according to local media. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has ordered the closure of all of its 352 schools and holding online classes due to the city’s poor air quality, the media outlet Khaosod English reported.

YANGON: According to IQAir's air quality measurement on the afternoon of January 26 (pic), Yangon, Myanmar's commercial capital, ranked eighth in global air pollution levels. (IQAir is a free real-time air quality monitoring platform.

BANGKOK : Air pollution forced nearly 200 schools in Bangkok to close today, local authorities said, as officials urged people to work from home and restricted heavy vehicles in the city.

Air pollution in the Thai capital has forced the closure of more than 350 schools, city authorities said, as Bangkok was ranked the world’s seventh-most polluted major city by air quality monitor IQAir.

Air pollution in the Thai capital forced the closure of more than 350 schools on Friday, city authorities said, as Bangkok was ranked the world's seventh-most polluted major city by air quality monitor IQAir.