Myanmar is more than doubling the amount of snake anti-venom it produces after 435 people were killed by the reptiles last year.
Deputy Minister of Industry U Thein Aung said at a workshop on Saturday that some 15,000 people are bitten annually.
According to a report by Myanmar News Agency published in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar, the main anti-venom factory will increase production from 30,000 units per year to 80,000 units.
Snake bite mortality has remained at the same level for the past decade, Deputy Health Minister Dr Win Myint told a conference last year.
“The cause is multi-factorial. Some of the reasons are the frequency of delays in receiving anti-venom and the limited availability of safe and potent anti-venoms in our country.”—
