In South Asia – record heat: there may be more problems than from COVID-19

Many people in Asia now suffer from heat stroke.

South Asia, including India and Pakistan, faced record heat , reports Channel News Asia .

Heat has been there since early April. In some parts of Pakistan, temperatures are as high as 47 degrees Celsius.

the heat of the country is of more concern to the country's authorities than the expected next wave of COVID-19.

“We have a lot of patients who have had heat stroke or other heat-related illnesses,” said a spokeswoman for India's health system. /span>

According to her, 60-70% of patients were school age.

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To cope with the unprecedented heat, Pakistan's Climate Change Minister Sherri Rehman has called on the authorities to take precautionary measures.

By the way, last year some studies have shown that entire regions in the Middle East and South Asia may become uninhabitable due to abnormal heat .

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Based on materials: ZN.ua

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