World Scout Jamboree Hit by Hundreds of Heat-Related Illness Cases in South Korea

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A heat wave sweeping South Korea turned the World Scout Jamboree into a nightmare this week as over 600 attendees became sick with heat-related illnesses.

turned the World Scout Jamboree into a nightmare this week as over 600 attendees became sick with heat-related illnesses, officials said Thursday.

The situation at the quadrennial event—billed as the world’s largest youth camp—has deteriorated to the extent that dozens of military doctors and nurses are being sent in to provide medical support. Around 43,000 people traveled from all over the world to the southwestern North Jeolla province for the get-together, which has sweltered under daily temperatures of about 95F.

 

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