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2025-09-12 22:56:05
[South Korea's number of emergency room visits for heat-related illnesses has tripled in five years] Data released by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 11th local time showed that as summers have become increasingly hotter in recent years, the number of emergency room visits for heat-related illnesses in South Korea has continued to climb, with the number of emergency room visits this year tripling compared to five years ago. As of September 6th, a total of 4,370 people in South Korea had visited emergency rooms due to severe discomfort caused by the heat this summer. In 2020, this number was 1,078, and has continued to increase annually since then. (CCTV News)
