Scouts cooling off with tap water <사진=연합뉴스>
At the 2023 Saemangeum World Scout Jamboree, foreign media are reporting the damage one after another as people with heat-related illnesses appear one after another due to the heat wave.
The British BBC reported yesterday (3rd) that at the Jamboree, which opened on the 1st in Saemangeum, Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do, about 400 heat-related patients had occurred from the first day, and that “many of them were treated at temporary medical facilities at the camp.”
The broadcast continued, “With a heat wave warning issued, the temperature in Jeonbuk, where the event was held, reached 35 degrees Celsius. Most of the participants were between the ages of 14 and 18, and there were many adults, including famous explorer Bear Grylls (49).” I told you the situation.
The Guardian, a British daily, also wrote, “As Korea struggled with the long-term heatwave, hundreds of Jamboree attendees lay down sick.” Following 400 on the 1st, 207 on the 2nd reported heat-related illnesses.
In particular, he explained that “there was almost no natural shade”, pointing out that this event was held in a reclaimed land area of 8.8 km2.
The Guardian also reported that a volunteer complained in an interview that “even in the shade it is extremely hot” and “there is hardly any wind.”
Reuters also mentioned in an article titled “Raising Safety Concerns at Scouting Event amid Heatwave in Korea” that “the event is being held in a huge sea reclaimed land.”
The news agency also introduced that British explorer Bear Grylls, who visited Korea for the opening ceremony of this event, recommended drinking enough water through Instagram and wrote, “It’s hot. Take care of each other.”
Jamboree Hospital ”Emergency” <사진=연합뉴스> The Associated Press noted that there were “concerns about holding the Jamboree in a vast, treeless, and lacking shelter from the heat.”
Choi Chang-haeng, secretary-general of the Saemangeum Jamboree Organizing Committee, said, “It was safe enough to continue the event, and a similar situation would have occurred had the Jamboree been held elsewhere.”
2023-08-03 21:29:00
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