The Egyptian Ministry of Health denied the death of any citizen as a result of stinging scorpions that came out of their burrows in the southern governorate of Aswan due to torrential rains.
Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, the Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research who is the acting Minister of Health said in a statement that "503 citizens received anti-venom in Aswan, after they were bitten by scorpions that abandoned their burrows due to the torrential rains."
Abdel Ghaffar confirmed that no deaths from scorpion stings were recorded.
He pointed to the availability of a sufficient strategic stock of vaccines against stings from scorpions and snakes in all hospitals and health units in all governorates, as part of the ministry's plan to deal with weather fluctuations, and according to the Meteorological Authority's expectations of the possibility of heavy rains in a number of governorates.
"The stock of anti-scorpion stings in Aswan only amounts to 3,350 doses."
On his part, Alaa Eid, head of the preventive medicine sector at the Egyptian Ministry of Health confirmed that the ministry makes periodic follow-up to ensure the availability of sufficient stocks of anti-scorpion stings in all hospitals and health centers at the level of the republic.
Earlier, Ehab Hanafy, Undersecretary of the Egyptian Ministry of Health in Aswan, said that "3 people were killed and 450 others were injured by scorpion stings as a result of the bad weather and the latest floods that hit Aswan yesterday."
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