Manaus suspends municipal classes this Friday (9) after worsening air quality

The suspension also extends to specialized service centers, the Municipal Art-Education Centers (Cmaes) and Parque Cidade da Criança.

The levels reached an average of 196.4 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m³), and following guidelines from the competent bodies, school activities in the municipal education network will be suspended, exceptionally, this Friday.

The note informs that the measure is preventive in nature and aims to preserve the health, safety and well-being of students, education professionals and the entire school community.

Manaus City Hall reinforces that it continues to monitor air quality conditions in Manaus and guide municipal network professionals on the necessary precautions to minimize health risks.

In addition to recommending the use of masks, Civil Defense issued a severe warning about health risks and advised the population to avoid prolonged exposure to smoke.

Manaus City Hall also placed the city under alert this Friday. According to municipal management, the classification is adopted when one or more occurrences impact the city and there is a forecast of a high-impact event in the short term.

This Friday morning, the international platform IQAir placed Manaus once again at the top of the ranking of cities with the worst air quality in Brazil.

At around 5am, the Air Quality Index (AQI⁺) reached 366, classified as "dangerous" by IQAir. The concentration of fine PM2.5 particles reached 258.2 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m³).

The Electronic Environmental Surveillance System (Selva), from the State University of Amazonas (UEA), classified the air quality as "terrible" this Friday morning.

Around 6 am, the neighborhoods of Morro da Liberdade, Educandos and nearby areas recorded concentrations of up to 320.2 µg/m³ of polluting particles.

🔎 Air quality is considered good by Selva when the concentration of particles is between 0 and 25 µg/m³. Above this level, the indices undergo classifications that vary from moderate to terrible, according to the scale used by the Selva System.

The Federal University of Amazonas (Ufam) suspended in-person academic and administrative activities during the morning in all units in the capital. Activities were transferred to a remote format.

The Federal Institute of Amazonas (Ifam) also suspended in-person activities in the morning, afternoon and evening shifts and ordered the reorganization of classes.