Singapore Says Air Quality Worsens to `Very Unhealthy' Level

Singapore’s air quality worsened to a “very unhealthy” level as haze from Indonesian forest fires continued to drift across to the city state, according to pollution readings from the National Environment Agency.

The country’s 3-hourly pollution index rose to 222 at 5 p.m. local time from 190 at 4 p.m., the NEA said on its website. The agency forecast on Friday that prevailing winds from the “south-east or south” direction were capable of blowing denser haze across from Indonesia.