00:00 According to a UNICEF report, children living in South Asia are exposed to temperatures
00:05 above 35 degrees Celsius for long hours.
00:08 The United Nations Children's Agency, children in countries such as Afghanistan, India, Sri
00:13 Lanka and Pakistan, among others, are exposed to scorching heat.
00:18 They are the most affected in the world by this phenomenon, not only in intensity but
00:22 also in time, as they face more than four heat waves every year.
00:26 The agency recalled that Kakobabad, a Pakistani city, recorded the highest temperature on
00:32 the planet, when it reached 51 degrees Celsius.
00:36 They explained that children's anatomies cannot adapt quickly to changes in temperature.
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