# Malaysia shuts schools in several areas as haze worsens air pollution

https://mins.news/en/item/92519

- Reuters, 2026-10-09 03:50 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/malaysia-closes-schools-several-states-territories-due-haze-2026-10-09/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ac864747858580001465783

> Malaysia’s education ministry said schools in several states and in the country’s federal and administrative capitals would close on Friday. Smoke haze from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia had pushed air pollution to unhealthy levels.

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