Indonesia records 175,000 respiratory cases as wildfire haze spreads
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Indonesia’s health ministry said about 175,000 people have suffered respiratory illness since August amid weeks of wildfires; more than 40,000 cases involve toddlers. Toxic smog has spread to Malaysia and Singapore. Authorities deployed 54,000 officials and water-bombing jets to Borneo and Sumatra; monitors counted roughly 734,000 hotspots, over 30% above 2019 levels, worsened by a strong El Nino.
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