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France to deploy sniffer dogs to inspect train seats for bedbugs
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France will dispatch sniffer dogs to inspect trains and the Paris Métro for bedbugs after dozens of reports of infestations, the transport minister has promised, but he made clear there was no evidence of an outbreak.
A wave of disgust has spread across France as people have posted photos purportedly showing the insects on the Paris Métro, high-speed trains and at Charles de Gaulle airport.
After the meeting on Wednesday, Beaune said all public transport operators will boost health procedures in general, adding that canine sniffer teams were the most effective means of detection.
Bedbugs, which largely disappeared from daily life by the 1950s, have made a resurgence in recent decades as countries urbanise and international travel booms.
They can be present in mattresses, clothes and luggage, and come out at night to feed on human blood, often leading to psychological distress, sleeping issues, anxiety and depression.
The newspaper Le Parisien recently ran a front-page article on the panic over bedbugs, calling the problem a form of “domestic terror”.
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