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  • الجمعة, 11 أكتوبر - 2024
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Syria's response warns of the impact of rising temperatures on camp residents

The Syria Response Coordinators team warned of the impact of the new high temperatures on the north of Syria, coinciding with difficult humanitarian conditions facing the displaced Syrians in Idlib governorate, especially in the 1,633 camps scattered in the region, inhabited by more than 1.8 million displaced civilians.

According to a statement issued by the team, the team warned of the repercussions of high temperatures and their consequences, including: the emergence of snakes, poisonous scorpions and insects, as residents of the border camps kill these animals and insects on a daily basis, which increases fears of the spread of this phenomenon, especially in the presence of children and in the absence of Serum for snake bite is available, except in specific hospitals.

The team called for extreme caution in dealing with cooking stoves and gas cylinders, which cause fires, especially since the last period witnessed more than 128 fires, most of which were caused by cooking stoves and gas cylinders.

He stressed the caution of children or the elderly from dehydration or sunstroke as a result of direct exposure to the sun, especially in the afternoon.

He advised the residents of the camps to stick to the tents as much as possible at the peak time, and to keep foods as well as possible for fear of spoiling and eating them, which leads to cases of poisoning, especially since the previous period recorded a number of poisoning cases within the camps, and he also advised the people to avoid contact with electricity, especially power generators. Electricity and batteries, especially inside tents.

He noted that emergency teams should be contacted urgently in the event of fires breaking out within the camps, so that the fires can be brought under control before they spread to the neighboring tents.

He appealed to humanitarian organizations to improve the basic conditions in the camps, in order to mitigate the previous damage and the potential damage that might occur with the next heat wave.

He pointed out that more than 590 suffer from a lack of clean water, while the rest of the camps suffer from insufficient water supplies.

It is worth noting that the Syrian Civil Defense constantly warns the people in the camps in the liberated areas of high temperatures and its dangers, and provides advice and general instructions to avoid them.The Syria Response Coordinators team warned of the impact of the new high temperatures on the north of Syria, coinciding with difficult humanitarian conditions facing the displaced Syrians in Idlib governorate, especially in the 1,633 camps scattered in the region, inhabited by more than 1.8 million displaced civilians.

According to a statement issued by the team, the team warned of the repercussions of high temperatures and their consequences, including: the emergence of snakes, poisonous scorpions and insects, as residents of the border camps kill these animals and insects on a daily basis, which increases fears of the spread of this phenomenon, especially in the presence of children and in the absence of Serum for snake bite is available, except in specific hospitals.

The team called for extreme caution in dealing with cooking stoves and gas cylinders, which cause fires, especially since the last period witnessed more than 128 fires, most of which were caused by cooking stoves and gas cylinders.

He stressed the caution of children or the elderly from dehydration or sunstroke as a result of direct exposure to the sun, especially in the afternoon.

He advised the residents of the camps to stick to the tents as much as possible at the peak time, and to keep foods as well as possible for fear of spoiling and eating them, which leads to cases of poisoning, especially since the previous period recorded a number of poisoning cases within the camps, and he also advised the people to avoid contact with electricity, especially power generators. Electricity and batteries, especially inside tents.

He noted that emergency teams should be contacted urgently in the event of fires breaking out within the camps, so that the fires can be brought under control before they spread to the neighboring tents.

He appealed to humanitarian organizations to improve the basic conditions in the camps, in order to mitigate the previous damage and the potential damage that might occur with the next heat wave.

He pointed out that more than 590 suffer from a lack of clean water, while the rest of the camps suffer from insufficient water supplies.

It is worth noting that the Syrian Civil Defense constantly warns the people in the camps in the liberated areas of high temperatures and its dangers, and provides advice and general instructions to avoid them.