Overview

• Architecture student Alice (Alicia) Spies was stung by a yellow scorpion around midday in a Zara fitting room at ParkShopping in Guará, Brazil.
• Store staff provided first aid and kept her in a wheelchair until paramedics took her by ambulance to Asa Norte Regional Hospital for roughly five hours of treatment with fluids and monitoring.
• She was discharged and says her leg remains in severe pain days later, though reports note scorpion stings are typically very painful but rarely life-threatening.
• ParkShopping and Zara issued statements expressing regret, saying they are in contact with the customer and are reviewing and maintaining pest-control measures.
• Images published by media suggest the scorpion may not have survived, but the species identification and how it entered the store have not been confirmed.