Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

There are 8,381 scorpion stings in Jalisco in the first three months of 2021, 4.5% increase from last year

Dr. María Isabel Higuera Torres, head of the Department of Vectors and Zoonoses of the Jalisco Health Secretariat, reported that in the State of Jalisco, poisoning by scorpion stings is of great importance since the State ranks sixth in the country for the number of cases, and is above the national average.

The doctor pointed out that in Jalisco, there is a record of 8,381 cases of scorpion sting in the first three months of the year, which represents an increase of 4.5 percent in relation to the previous year, where there were 7 . . .

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