A man, stung by a jellyfish while swimming at Comino’s Blue Lagoon, was airlifted to hospital by the Armed Forces of Malta yesterday.

The police said the man, a 24-year-old Libyan, was seen panicking in the water by fellow swimmers and taken ashore where he lost consciousness. He was airlifted to Mater Dei Hospital and made a full recovery.

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