High incidence of heat illness and the potential burden on the health care system during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Shinji Nakahara,
• Jun Kanda,
• Yasufumi Miyake,
• Tetsuya Sakamoto

Affiliations

Shinji Nakahara

Department of Emergency Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan; Graduate School of Health Innovation, Kanagawa University of Human Services, 3-25-10 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Corresponding author at: Graduate School of Health Innovation, Kanagawa University of Human Services, 3-25-10 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.

Jun Kanda

Department of Emergency Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan

Yasufumi Miyake

Department of Emergency Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuya Sakamoto

Department of Emergency Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan