ATHENS: At least five tourists have died in Greece and others are missing as temperatures soar, according to German news agency (dpa), citing media reports.
“Many tourists underestimate the effort associated with a walk in direct sunlight,“ Athens cardiologist Dr Thomas Giannoulis said.
“The temperature can rise to 37 degrees in the shade and easily up to 60 degrees in the sun.”
This increases the risk of dehydration and heatstroke.
“And the danger rises the older a person is.”
All of those who have died or gone missing are tourists, aged 55 to 80. The first was a 67-year-old British journalist who went missing on Simi off the Turkish coast at the beginning of June and whose body was found a few days later.
He had wandered…