World Scout Jamboree participants said they were unfazed by the scorching temperatures as more heat-relief supplies arrived at the camp in southwest South Korea, after hundreds of the teenage participants fell ill this week due to unusually hot weather
Temperatures have hit 34 degrees Celsius in Saemangeum, the area of reclaimed land near the city of Buan on South Korea's west coast where 39,000 participants, mostly scouts aged 14-18, are camping.Scouts from Britain, the largest contingent, said on Friday that they were moving to hotels in the capital Seoul for the rest of their stay, hoping to alleviate the pressure on the site.
"The UK volunteer team has worked extremely hard with the organisers, for our youth members and adult volunteers to have enough food and water to sustain them, shelter from the unusually hot weather, and toilets and washing facilities appropriate for an event of this scale," UK Scouts said. President Yoon Suk Yeol called a cabinet meeting to approve spending 6 billion won to support the jamboree, and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said the government would "use its all resources to ensure that the jamboree can end safely".Participants cool down at a water supply zone of the camping site for the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, August 4. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Earlier, Yoon had called for an "unlimited" supply of air-conditioned buses and water trucks to be sent to the jamboree, having already ordered in dozens of military doctors and nurses.With the heatwave forecast to last until next week, some have questioned the viability of the 155-nation jamboree, the first global gathering of Scouts since the coronavirus pandemic, which closes on Aug. 12.
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