Installing Air Purifiers

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The government will install air purifiers in the classrooms of all kindergartens, elementary schools and special purpose schools in the next three years. The Education Ministry said Thursday it will introduce measures to fight fine dust at schools in order to protect students, who are more vulnerable to air pollution. As of late March, just over 37 percent of all classrooms at kindergartens, elementary and special purpose schools in the country had air purifiers, meaning 100-thousand classrooms will need to install them in line with the new measures. The government will also revise regulations so that schools can better manage more sensitive students, and those with respiratory illnesses, allow penalty-free days of absence when fine dust levels are high.