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Today (22th) It is downtown Seoul from the Namsan mountain. The building that looks red on the thermal imaging camera has a surface temperature of more than 50 degrees. Today, Seoul's daytime temperature is 35.4 degrees Celsius and the June temperature is highest in 62 years, and Gapyeong, Gyeonggi is the hottest in the country, reaching 38.3 degrees. The weather is so hot that many people have to work under the sun wearing a mask because of the corona.

Reporter Kim Sang-min was interviewed.

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2:00 p.m. in direct sunlight.

Even in the hottest 35.4-degree heatwaves of the year, medical staff at screening clinics still wear thick protective clothing.

There are more than five pieces of equipment that require masks, goggles, and gloves.

[Lee Jeong-sook/Gangnam-gu Health Center Head of Medical Support Team: Sweat runs down. If it's cold, you can put on one more

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In fact, on the 9th, three health center workers in protective clothing were exhausted and collapsed

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Frequently, you have to take the elevator and face the customer at any time.

[Courier worker: It's getting hot and breathing. The mask is also wet. I can't take off the mask all the time... .]

Construction workers wearing helmets and masks to keep working near the reinforcing bars.

Because of the risk of injury, they weren't allowed to wear short-sleeved clothes, but Corona added the obligation to wear a mask.

The authorities said that wearing a mask outdoors in a sultry environment could put your heart rate and respiratory rate on your body.

(Video coverage: Yongjin Joo, Video editing: Hwang Ji-young, VJ: Jong-Gap Kim, Jae-min Noh)