By Deng Ghai Deng<\/p>\n
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Authorities in Jonglei State’s Twic East County have issued a grave warning about the escalating number of snakebite cases as flooding in the region reaches alarming levels.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Authorities in Twic East County, Jonglei State, have issued a grave warning about the increasing number of snakebite cases due to alarming levels of flooding in the area.<\/p>\n Acting County Commissioner Elijah Manyok Ayii reported a significant surge in snakebite incidents since July, with one in sixteen patients succumbing to the bites within just one month.<\/p>\n The worsening flooding has forced snakes to move to higher ground, leading to a spike in encounters with residents.<\/p>\n “The rising water levels have driven snakes into more populated areas, resulting in 16 confirmed snakebites, with one fatality due to a lack of anti-venom,” Manyok stated.<\/p>\n Manyok further made an urgent appeal for anti-venom supplies.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are in dire need of anti-venom drugs. Our hospital does not have the necessary medication to treat these bites, which is why we are seeing such tragic outcomes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The Acting County Commissioner has contacted the World Health Organization (WHO) and other humanitarian organizations for immediate assistance.<\/p>\n Local health facilities are currently overwhelmed, and the influx of snakebite cases has put additional strain on an already stretched healthcare system.<\/p>\n Manyok’s plea highlights the urgent need for intervention to address both the flooding and the subsequent health crises that have emerged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Deng Ghai Deng Authorities in Jonglei State’s Twic East County have issued a grave warning about the escalating number of snakebite cases as flooding in the region reaches alarming levels. Authorities in Twic East County, Jonglei State, have issued a grave warning about the increasing number of snakebite[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jonglei-state","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27729,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27725\/revisions\/27729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}