WITH the monsoon season coming to an end, South Korea has seen a surge in the number of days with scorching heat, leading to a rapid increase in the number of cases of heat- related illnesses.
According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) on Friday, 507 medical institutions equipped with emergency rooms reported to the agency that they saw 124 patients with heat-related illnesses from Monday to Wednesday – 55 of them were from Wednesday alone.
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