Yangon authorities are scrambling to clear the city of hornets in the wake of a 60-year-old woman dying from multiple stings last week.
Daw Aye Aye Than from North Dagon township was found dead on Thursday, a day after she succumbed to hornet stings while out collecting firewood.
Since then, the Myanmar Fire Services Department, armed in protective gear, has cleared at least eight hornets nests around Yangon, using insecticides, sticks, and flamethrowers. Those operations are being duly documented on the MFSD’s official Facebook page.
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Fire service employees have thus far showed up to clear nests in North and South Okkalapa, Bahan, Thaketa, Hlaing, Shwepyithar, New Dagon, and Thanlyin townships since Aye Aye Than’s tragic death spurred local authorities to act.
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“Anyone who gets stung should seek medical attention instead of treating it by themselves. It is the season where the hornets are reproducing and they are very aggressive when people approach these hives, so the public should keep away from them and inform the public,” Yangon region Fire Department Director U Htay Win told Eleven Media last week.
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Hornets, while much larger than wasps or bees, pack about the same punch when they sting. However, the elderly and the young are especially susceptible to adverse reactions to the venom, which can cause swelling, redness, swelling, pain, and itching.
Those who are allergic to bee, wasp, and hornet stings need to seek medical attention immediately or risk going into anaphylactic shock, which can cause nausea, vomiting, dizziness and difficulty breathing, leading to death.
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