The City of Love has turned into the city of bedbugs. Paris is enduring a bedbug infestation at a terrible time, months before it’s set to host the 2024 Olympics. CBS’s Ian Lee has more on that.
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As Paris prepares to roll out the Olympic welcoming mat, some unwelcome visitors are already in town.
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The entire city is infested with bedbugs, from people’s living rooms.
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This exterminator says, “Here we see the excrement of the bedbugs, some eggs which are stuck, especially behind the seams.” To the Paris Metro and high speed trains.
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This commuter says, “I paid close attention while stepping on the train today to see if there were crawlers on my seat.
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While another says, she kept her luggage closed while traveling, but is still paranoid. This is what one woman says the biting bugs did to her back while she watched a movie at a Paris theater. For French officials, the invasion means war.
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This lawmaker says, “As the Olympics near, we must raise awareness on the right ways to prevent and get rid of them.”
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Authorities are mobilizing the masses to eradicate the pests.
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This specialist says, “With all that’s happening, everyone is panicking a bit, but people need to know that we can get the bedbugs under control with the right help.”
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So Parisians can sleep tight and not let the bedbugs bite. Ian Lee, CBS News.