Imports hold SA’s snake anti-venom crisis at bay
South Africa’s stockpile of locally produced anti-venom is empty, leaving farmers and rural communities especially vulnerable to venomous bites.
South Africa’s stockpile of locally produced anti-venom is empty, leaving farmers and rural communities especially vulnerable to venomous bites.
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