Life in Serian, Sarawak, continued largely as normal on Saturday despite a haze emergency declared a day earlier, with residents wearing face masks as a precaution. The Air Pollutant Index reading stood at 334 at 10am, down from over 500 the previous day, and N95 masks were in short supply at local pharmacies. Schools in the Serian district are temporarily closed from Sept 7 to 11, with home-based learning implemented, while farmers report that pepper saplings have died due to the dry spell.
