The Sarawak health department has advised the public to take precautions to reduce the effects of the haze.
The health ministry said after monitoring at 15 haze sentinel facilities in the state , it found that asthma cases had increased from an average of 258 cases from June 30 to Sept 7 to 307 cases between Sept 8 and 14. For the same period in Sri Aman, based on those who sought treatment at the Sri Aman health clinic, there was a drop in asthma cases from 34 to 31.
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