A Fijian Scout team of 8 students and a leader who are attending the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea are doing well following a heatwave that has resulted in more than 40,000 young people from around the world falling ill and having to move into hotels.
Fiji Scouts Association says the South Korean government has taken precautionary measures for the participants attending the World Scout Jamboree.
They say they are being supplied with bottled water, wet towels, electrolytes, cooling areas around the campsites and activity areas, cooling coaches(buses) on the road and regular free ice cream.
The Association says some rigorous outdoor activities were closed, each participant received an umbrella, a bucket hat and a handheld rechargeable fan.
They say the Fijian team is fully utilising the precautionary measures to keep them hydrated.
The Association also says the boys are wearing white sleeves that are cooling sleeves and keep them cool during hot days.
Meanwhile, according to BBC News the US and Singaporean teams are also pulling their members out of the event.
South Korea's government says they are sending 60 more medics and 700 service workers to maintain the toilets and showers, with many countries staying at the site for the next week.
The government says most of those attending are aged between 14 and 18, and 155 countries are represented in South Korea.
The BBC says they have been told that some scouts are sharing five to a room, while up to 250 are sleeping in the ballroom of one Seoul hotel due to a lack of available accommodation.
[Source: BBC News]
