COVID-19 and Heatwave... Medical Staff Struggling Amid Extreme Heat

'Hot, hotter' Medical staff at the drive-thru temporary screening clinic set up in the parking lot of Seocho Sports Complex are guiding citizens with ice packs attached to their foreheads. The medical staff's faces are flushed red. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

Vehicles are lined up waiting at the drive-through temporary screening clinic. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

On the 15th, the number of new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) exceeded 1,600 for the second consecutive day. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency's Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters announced that as of midnight, 1,600 new cases were reported, following the previous day's record high of 1,615 cases, marking two consecutive days with over 1,600 daily confirmed cases since the outbreak began. Accordingly, since the fourth wave of the pandemic began in earnest on the 7th (1,212 cases), the daily new confirmed cases have remained above 1,000 for nine consecutive days.

Here are photos of citizens visiting the drive-thru temporary screening clinic set up in the parking lot of Seocho Comprehensive Gymnasium in Seoul and medical staff working hard under the scorching heat.

Medical staff, with ice packs on their foreheads in the heatwave, are handing out survey questionnaires to citizens. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

Vehicles are moving to undergo inspection. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

Medical staff are cooling off from the heat with air conditioner breeze amid the sweltering heat. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

A child is being tested at a drive-through temporary screening clinic. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

A child is crying after undergoing a COVID test. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

A mother is comforting her child who has just finished a COVID-19 test. She earnestly hopes that COVID-19 will subside soon and that life will return to its peaceful normal. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

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