More than 500 people were injured in Aswan province, southern Egypt, as a result of scorpion bites, reports RIA Novosti, citing information from the country's health ministry.
The department reported that deaths due to bites no, & nbsp; 503 citizens & nbsp; received an antidote. They also ensured that an adequate supply of antidotes had been created in all hospitals across the country.
The reason for the scorpion invasion was the weather conditions: on Saturday rain and hail occurred in Aswan, which is quite rare in these latitudes. Due to the elements, scorpion burrows were damaged, arthropods left them and ended up next to residential buildings. & nbsp;
In August, a resident of Kazan was hospitalized & nbsp; after being bitten by a scorpion in & nbsp; grapes.
Earlier & nbsp; in an apartment in west Moscow, a poisonous spider & nbsp; bit & nbsp; a retiree, the doctors were able to save a woman … They determined that the Muscovite had been bitten by a karakurt. According to the woman's son, the spider could have been brought into the apartment with purchased grapes.