Multiple children injured after swarm stings kids playing under tree

Gauteng: At 11H04 Tuesday morning, Netcare 911 responded to bee stings at a primary school in Soshanguve, Pretoria. Reports from the scene allege that a small group of scholars had agitated a beehive on a small tree in the courtyard.

It is believed that the swarm of bees had rapidly turned into a cloud, stinging children in the courtyard and those walking to class.

When medics arrived on scene the Gauteng Provincial Government ems was already on scene triaging the patients.

Medics assessed the children and found that approximately one-hundred and sixty-one children had sustained minor to moderate injuries from exposure to bee stings.

All the patients were treated on scene and once stabilised were transported to hospital for further assessment.

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