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Air quality in the Republic has deteriorated overnight, just as Singapore enters the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix race weekend. At 10am on Friday (Oct 9) morning, the 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) was in the high-unhealthy range in the central (173) and western (166) regions, while and southern (154),…
The 1-hour PM2.5 readings in the west jumped into the high band as of 10pm. Earlier, the central region was also in the high zone, but dipped back into the elevated band at 10pm.
The 1-hour PM2.5 reading in the west reached the "High" band on Wednesday afternoon as haze conditions worsened across Singapore. The western region also recorded the highest 24-hour PSI reading among the five regions.