Sabah Beach Again The Scene Of Fatal Box Jellyfish Sting
Sad news from Sabah with a 7-year old girl succumbing to the deadly venom of a box jellyfish sting. Little has been reported about the child or the incident, though it's said that she collapsed on the sand when coming out of shallow water, and a subsequent post mortem concluded that the " cause of death was jellyfish envenomation ". Her tragic death occurred at Pantai Sawangan in Kuala Penyu, south-west of Kota Kinabalu, on Thursday 21 August, 2025. This region too commonly is the site of serious box jellyfish stings and fatalities. Devastatingly, it's unlikely there were any warning signs or information posters or even treatment options such as vinegar available at this popular beach. There appears to be a lot of work behind the scenes at a scientific level, though on Malaysia's beachfronts there's a continued pattern of young children dying from box jellyfish stings. Not so in northern neighbour Thailand where a decline in sting numbers and improved vi...