Moderate to high air pollution • How should you behave?

(Haifa) – The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Health warn of moderate to high air pollution in Haifa.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Health told the news agency:

Medium to high air pollution alert: The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Health warn that on Tuesday, April 22, 4, from noon, high air pollution will prevail in the Negev, Gush Dan, the Coastal Plain, the Sharon, the Inner Lowlands, Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley, and in the rest of the areas, moderate to high pollution, due to high concentrations of respirable particles.

Some improvement in air quality is forecast during the evening and night hours, however, tomorrow during the day, air quality is forecast to worsen again due to an increase in the concentrations of respirable particles. The high air pollution is the result of heavy precipitation causing dust to be transported from Egypt to our areas.

In light of this, the Ministry of Environmental Protection in consultation with the Ministry of Health recommends that sensitive populations - including heart patients, lung patients, the elderly, children and pregnant women - avoid vigorous physical activity outside. For the general population it is recommended to reduce strenuous physical activity outside.

The ministry will continue to update the public as needed based on forecast data and data measured at monitoring stations across the country.