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Environmental Protection Ministry warns of very high levels of air pollution
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A general view taken on December 9, 2021, from the Mount of Olives shows Jerusalem's Old City (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
The Environmental Protection Ministry warns of very high levels of air pollution.
In a statement, the ministry says the air quality is expected to improve throughout the course of the day.
The ministry says it recommends, along with the Health Ministry, that people with heart or lung conditions, the elderly, children and pregnant women avoid any strenuous physical activity outside. All others are told to try to reduce strenuous exercise outdoors.
The ministry says the pollution is due to a deep depression over the eastern Mediterranean that is causing strong southwesterly winds and the movement of dust from the Sinai Peninsula, as well as local sandstorms in the Negev desert.
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