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#singapore haze october 2026
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Free Haze Masks Second Wave From 23 October: All Singaporeans 60 and Above Now Qualify
The Government starts a second wave of free haze mask distribution on Friday 23 October 2026 and widens it to every Singaporean aged 60 and above (the threshold was 67 via the Pioneer and Merdeka Generation cards). People who already collected get another pack of two, and anyone eligible who missed the first wave can take four masks at any community club.
Free N95 Masks From 14 October: Who Can Collect, the 113 CCs and 37 Vending Machines
The Government started giving out free N95 masks on 14 October 2026 as PM2.5 hit the very high band. Pioneer and Merdeka Generation seniors, CHAS Blue and Orange, MFEC and ComCare recipients can collect a pack of two at 113 community clubs or 37 vending machines with their NRIC; pregnant women, children aged 7 to 16 and people with conditions like asthma collect at CCs only. Haze shelters are open too.
Haze Subsidy Scheme Is Back From 12 October: Pay No More Than $10 at Polyclinics and Participating GPs
MOH is switching on the Haze Subsidy Scheme from Monday 12 October 2026, for the first time since 2015. Singapore Citizens aged 18 and below or 65 and above, and CHAS Blue, CHAS Orange and MFEC cardholders, pay no more than $10 a visit for haze-related conditions at participating GP clinics (PHPCs). Pioneer and Merdeka Generation seniors pay no more than $5, Public Assistance cardholders pay nothing, and at polyclinics every Singapore Citizen is capped at $10. Here is who qualifies, which conditions count, and what to bring.