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Paris Suffering Severe Bedbug Outbreak Ten Months Before Olympic Games Transcript

Paris Suffering Severe Bedbug Outbreak Ten Months Before Olympic Games Transcript

The City of Love has turned into the city of bedbugs. Paris is enduring a bedbug infestation just 10 months before it’s set to host the 2024 Olympics. Read the transcript here.

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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.

Ian Lee (00:14):

As Paris prepares to roll out the Olympic welcoming mat, some unwelcome visitors are already in town.

Speaker 3 (00:21):

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Ian Lee (00:23):

The entire city is infested with bedbugs, from people’s living rooms.

Speaker 3 (00:27):

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Ian Lee (00:30):

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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[foreign language 00:00:42].

Ian Lee (00:43):

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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Ian Lee (00:52):

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.

Speaker 6 (01:07):

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Ian Lee (01:10):

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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Ian Lee (01:18):

Authorities are mobilizing the masses to eradicate the pests.

Speaker 7 (01:21):

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Ian Lee (01:23):

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.”

Speaker 7 (01:31):

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Ian Lee (01:33):

So Parisians can sleep tight and not let the bedbugs bite. Ian Lee, CBS News.

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