马来西亚廉价航空公司飞萤航空已将吉隆坡与新加坡之间航班的停飞时间延长至周三，因为印度尼西亚火灾产生的烟雾继续笼罩该地区。
Firefly, a Malaysian low-cost airline, has extended the suspension of its flights between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore through Wednesday as smoke from fires in Indonesia continued to blanket the region.
此前，空气质量监测机构IQAir于周二将新加坡和马来西亚首都吉隆坡列为全球空气污染最严重的两个城市。
The announcement came as IQAir, an air quality monitor, ranked Singapore and the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur as the world’s two most polluted cities on Tuesday.
飞萤航空在一份声明中表示，由于“天气和雾霾状况”，吉隆坡附近的梳邦苏丹阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹·沙阿机场与新加坡实里达机场之间的航班已被取消至周三。该公司称此举为“主动采取的安全措施”。
Firefly said in a statement that flights between the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB) near Kuala Lumpur and the Seletar Airport in Singapore (XSP) have been cancelled up to Wednesday due to “weather and haze conditions”. It called the action a “proactive safety measure”.
这些火灾主要发生在印度尼西亚的苏门答腊岛和婆罗洲，是该国11年来最严重的火灾。厄尔尼诺现象加剧了火情，预计该气象模式将成为四十年中最强烈的气象模式之一。
The fires, mostly on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo, are the country’s most intense in 11 years. They have been spurred by El Nino, a weather pattern expected to be among the strongest in four decades.
瑞士空气质量监测公司IQAir表示，新加坡周二的空气质量指数为199，吉隆坡为183。高于150的读数通常被认为是不健康的，而高于300的读数则被归类为危险级别。
IQAir, a Swiss air quality monitoring company, said Air Quality Index in Singapore stood at 199 on Tuesday and 183 in Kuala Lumpur. Readings above 150 are generally considered unhealthy, and those above 300 are classified as hazardous.
飞萤航空是包括马来西亚航空在内的马来西亚航空集团的子公司，该公司于10月10日首次宣布取消航班，理由是雾霾条件导致“能见度低”。
Firefly, a subsidiary of Malaysia Aviation Group, which includes Malaysia Airlines, first announced the flight cancellations on October 10, citing “low visibility” due to the haze conditions.
飞萤航空表示，受影响的乘客将被改签至吉隆坡国际机场和新加坡樟宜机场之间的马来西亚航空航班，具体取决于座位供应情况。
Firefly said that affected passengers were being rebooked on Malaysia Airlines flights between Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Singapore’s Changi Airport, subject to seat availability.
新加坡政府已重新推出针对雾霾相关疾病的补贴护理，上一次这样做是在2015年，当时来自印度尼西亚火灾的烟雾在该地区弥漫了数周。
The Singapore government has reintroduced subsidised care for haze-related illnesses, as it last did in 2015, when smoke from Indonesian fires hung over the region for weeks.
在马来西亚，随着空气质量略有改善，大多数州的学校于周二重新开学，但仍有三个州、一个联邦直辖区和几个地区的学校保持关闭。
In Malaysia, schools reopened in most states on Tuesday as air quality improved slightly, but they remain closed in three states, one federal territory and several districts.
马来西亚外交部长穆罕默德·哈桑周一表示，在下个月东盟外长会议召开时，他将敦促建立更强大的区域机制。
Malaysia’s foreign minister, Mohamad Hasan, said on Monday that he would press for stronger regional mechanisms when foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet next month.
据马来西亚国家新闻社马新社报道，他在雪邦对记者说：“我们已经有了东盟自然灾害机制，但雾霾未被包含在内或未被归类为自然灾害。”
“We already have an ASEAN mechanism for natural disasters, but haze is not included or classified as a natural disaster,” he told reporters in Sepang, according to Bernama, Malaysia’s state news agency.
（注：原文中菲律宾担任今年东盟轮值主席国的表述在此处按原文翻译）今年担任该集团主席国的菲律宾证实，这个问题将被列入议程。
The Philippines, which chairs the bloc this year, confirmed that the issue would be on the agenda.
菲律宾外交部发言人多米尼克·泽维尔·伊佩里尔在谈到将于马尼拉举行的第四十九届东盟峰会之前的11月会议时表示：“它在议程上。”
“It’s in the agenda,” Dominic Xavier Imperial, a spokesman for the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, said of the November meeting, which will precede the 49th ASEAN summit in Manila.
马来西亚外长穆罕默德表示，印度尼西亚已部署了大约6万名人员参与灭火，但浓烟导致34架飞机（包括飞机和直升机）停飞。
Mohamad, the Malaysian minister, said Indonesia had deployed about 60,000 personnel to fight the fires, but thick smoke had grounded 34 aircraft, including planes and helicopters.
他说，偏远的地形和有限的水源也阻碍了灭火工作，在没有合适的雨云的情况下，人工降雨也无法进行。他承认了印度尼西亚的努力，但敦促采取更有效的行动，并提到了雾霾对马来西亚社区造成的损害。
Remote terrain and limited water supplies have also hindered the effort, he said, and cloud seeding is not possible without suitable rain clouds. He acknowledged Indonesia’s efforts but urged more effective action, citing the toll on Malaysian communities.