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Krakatau Eruption: Bandung Mayor Rejects Remote Learning, Urges Students to Wear Masks

From Republika · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Bandung Mayor Muhammad Farhan said schools would remain open and the city would not introduce remote learning because of volcanic ash from Anak Krakatau.
  • He urged students, teachers and residents to wear masks as a precaution.
  • Farhan said Bandung’s air quality remained moderate and that volcanic-ash exposure had fallen well below alarming levels.

Bandung Mayor Muhammad Farhan will not close schools or introduce remote learning across the city as volcanic ash from the eruption of Anak Krakatau spreads. Instead, he urged students and teachers to wear masks.

Okay, for Bandung residents I strongly recommend wearing a mask.

· Muhammad FarhanThe mayor urged residents to protect themselves from volcanic ash.

Farhan said he had been traveling around Bandung since Saturday night and had become somewhat hoarse. He recommended masks for residents and said the city would mitigate the ash by ensuring that all schoolchildren wore them.

For schoolchildren, I will see that no schools close, everyone does not need remote learning, but we will mitigate the situation by ensuring all children wear masks.

· Muhammad FarhanHe explained why schools would remain open while requiring protective measures.

The mayor said air-quality measurements in Bandung remained at a moderate level, not yet in the poor category. He said the readings showed that the impact of volcanic ash had fallen substantially from the level considered worrying.

The air-quality measurements in Bandung are still at a moderate level. Moderate, so it has not moved toward poor.

· Muhammad FarhanFarhan described the city’s latest air-quality readings.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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