NEW DELHI - Air quality in India's capital deteriorated to its worst this year on Tuesday (Nov 10), prompting a social media barrage of residents complaining about stinging eyes, sore throats and breathlessness in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Delhi's overall air quality index, which measures pollutants including PM2.5 particles, rose to 488, its highest level in a year, according to government data. Haj house building is seen shrouded in smog in Ghaziabad, India, Nov 10, 2020. PHOTO: ReutersThat was up from 477 on a scale of 500 on Monday. The data showed the deadly particulate matter PM2.5, which can cause cardiovascular and respiratory diseases such as lung cancer, also reached its highest levels since November 2019 and stood 30 times over the World Health Organisation's safe limit.
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