Overview

• The sting occurred around midday on August 20 in a Zara changing room at ParkShopping in Guará, Brazil.
• Store staff provided first aid and kept the student in a wheelchair until paramedics took her by ambulance to Asa Norte Regional Hospital.
• Doctors treated her for about five hours with fluids before she was discharged.
• The victim has since reported ongoing severe pain in her leg.
• ParkShopping and Zara issued statements expressing regret, confirming assistance to the customer, and reviewing preventive pest-control measures, with the scorpion’s species and entry into the store still unconfirmed.