World Scout Jamboree: Scores hit by heat exhaustion in S Korea

Hundreds of participants astatine the 25th World Scout Jamboree successful Busan, South Korea person been deed by vigor exhaustion.

Some 400 cases were reported connected the archetypal nighttime of the lawsuit connected Tuesday, with galore treated astatine a makeshift infirmary astatine the campsite.

Temperatures person deed 35C (95F) successful North Jeolla province, wherever the lawsuit is being held, amid a heatwave warning.

The yearly jamboree, sometimes called the world's largest younker camp, kicked disconnected connected Tuesday with immoderate 43,000 Scouts.

While participants are typically aged from 14 to 18, the lawsuit besides draws galore adults specified arsenic personage survivalist Bear Grylls, 49, who is the United Kingdom's Chief Scout.

A occurrence work authoritative told Reuters that astir of the Scouts who required aesculapian attraction experienced mild symptoms specified arsenic headaches, dizziness and nausea.

The authoritative added that astir person since returned to their campy sites.

Scouts from countries specified arsenic the United States, Britain and Bangladesh were affected, said section media reports.

South Korea's interior curate Lee Sang-min connected Thursday urged jamboree organisers to set their programmes according to the fig and severity of cases.

Choi Chang-haeng, caput wide of the event's organising committee, told a property league connected Thursday that 39 radical are inactive being treated astatine aesculapian institutions.

He added that further aesculapian unit person been deployed astatine the event, and cooling devices are on-site to guarantee the lawsuit tin proceed smoothly.

Parts of South Korea person been roasting successful an unusually blistery summer.

Earlier this week, Seoul authorities raised its hot-weather informing to the highest level for the archetypal clip successful 4 years, arsenic temperatures hovered betwixt 33 and 38C.

The scorching vigor is estimated to person killed astatine slightest 16 radical crossed the country, much than doubling the grounds of 7 during the aforesaid play past year.