They are observed in hotels and in cinemas. They are seen crawling in homes and in subway cars. Now Paris is fighting a hard battle against the annoying parasite.
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Paris is experiencing an increasing incidence of bed bugs. The bed bugs can be found almost everywhere, and Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire is obviously concerned. Johanna Fite at the French Ministry of Risk Assessment explains that the increase is mainly due to increased travel activity and increasing resistance to insecticides. Despite the problem, the authorities warn against hysteria. According to Grégoire, the bed bugs do not pose a threat to the Summer Olympics in 2024. Show more
Several media around the world have recently reported on an invasion of bed bugs in the French capital.
– The incidence of bedbugs has been increasing in France for the last two or three years and usually reaches its peak in the summer, but this year we have exceeded all other years, says the president of INELPINELP The National Institute for the Study and Control of Bedbugs. Norwegian translation: National Institute for the Study and Control of Bed Bugs. , Marie Effroy, to CNN.
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What are bed bugs?
The Institute of Public Health (FHI) writes that the bed bug is a blood-sucking insect and an ectoparasite that is closely related to humans.
In Norway, this was almost eradicated in the 1950s, but due to increased travel activity and resistance to insecticides, its occurrence has increased sharply over large parts of the world in the last 15 years.
FHI writes that bed bug bites can be very irritating, and that if you scratch them it can lead to bacterial infections.
FHI also describes that having bed bugs can be a psychological burden.
Bed bugs are not known to transmit diseases to humans.
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– You can get bed bugs anywhere
According to the deputy mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire CBS News asked Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne to come up with an action plan against bed bugs.
In a televised speech on Friday, Grégoire was also not careful in his mention of the bedbugs:
– You must understand that in reality no one is safe. There are obviously risk factors, but you can get bed bugs anywhere and bring them home with you, Grégoire said, according to CNN.
The mayor of Paris’ right-hand man, Emmanuel Grégoire. Photo: Szwarc Henri/ABACA / Pa Photos / NTB
CBS News writes that reports of the increasing incidence of bed bugs first came from hotels and rental properties this summer, but the bed bugs have not let themselves be stopped by this:
Now they can also be observed in, among other things, subway cars and ordinary homes.
On the other hand, the company responsible for the subway in Paris says on Monday that they have not registered any cases of bed bugs in the past few days.
This insect, the bed bug, is causing great concern in France. Photo: Archive
Due to many travelers
– This is mainly due to the movement of people, and the fact that people have short-term stays and bring bed bugs with them in their luggage, says Johanna Fite to CNN. She works in the French Ministry of Risk Assessment.
Fite also points out that the increase in bedbugs is due to the insect’s increasing resistance to insecticides.
To BBC says entomologist Jean-Michel Berenger that every summer they see a large increase in the number of bed bugs in France.
– And every year the seasonal increase is greater than the previous year’s increase, says Berenger.
– A kind of paranoia
Part of the concern in France is due to Paris hosting the Summer Olympics, which start on July 26, 2024.
However, several government officials have come out and warned against hysteria.
– There is a bed bug problem, but at the same time there is a kind of paranoia, says Effroy in INELP.
– This is no threat to the Olympic Games, says Deputy Mayor Grégoire.
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Published: 04.10.23 at 02:00
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