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More than 500 hospitalized after storms flushed out scorpions into Egypt’s homes [Video]

November 19, 2021 by Nena Serrano Leave a Comment

WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED:

  • Extreme storms in Egypt have left three people dead and more than 500 others hospitalized due to scorpion stings.
  • Heavy rain and flooding in the country’s Aswan region had driven out swarms of scorpions from their nests and directly into people’s homes.
  • Venom from an Arabian fat-tailed scorpion can kill a person in under one hour. 

More than 500 people have been hospitalized by scorpion stings in southern Egypt after storms forced the creatures out of their hiding places and into houses, state-run media has reported.

Over the weekend, the province of Aswan was hit by rare downpours, hail and thunder in which three people died, governor Ashraf Attia said. However, those who were stung by scorpions were given anti-venom doses and were later discharged.

Acting health minister Khalid Abdel-Ghafar confirmed in a statement that no deaths were reported from scorpion stings.

Photos and video footage circulated on social media showed flooded streets and damaged houses, vehicles and agricultural farms. School classes were suspended and power outages were reported across the region. Marine traffic on the Nile was also paused, and roads closed during the storms on Friday before resuming on Saturday.

Doctors were recalled from annual leave and hospitals were put on high alert, the Al-Ahram daily reported Ehab Hanafy, the Health Ministry’s undersecretary in Aswan, as saying.

The Ministry of Health reassured the public that it had enough anti-venom doses, with more than 3,000 available in Aswan. Extra doses were sent near mountain and desert areas, Hanafy said.

Those stung by the scorpions said their symptoms included severe pain, fever, sweating, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle tremors, and head twitching.

The Aswan mountains are home to the Arabian fat-tailed scorpion, or Androctonus crassicauda, which translates from Greek to “man-killer”, Al Jazeera reported. They are considered among the most dangerous scorpions in the world, with a highly toxic venom but cause only several human deaths a year.

Source: The Guardian

Filed Under: Science, World Tagged With: Egypt, scorpion plague

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