Reports of bedbug infestations in South Korea, France, and Britain have led to people in Hong Kong buying insect killers and hiring pest control services. Bedbug bites cause severe itching and are recognisable as clusters of red bumps on uncovered areas of the body.
From Paris to London, then Seoul and Hong Kong . No, this is not the glittery lifestyle of a jet-setting supermodel, but the scourge of bedbugs spreading across the globe. Following reports of bedbug infestations in South Korea, France and Britain, people in Hong Kong are reportedly buying insect killers and hiring pest control services.
This, after the city’s rail operator MTR carried out a deep cleaning of some of its trains, following a widely-shared photo of a brown, oval-shaped insect on an Airport Express train seat.Resembling apple seeds, these tiny and wingless pests are just 5mm-long. Spotting one can be very tricky since they are most active at night. Bedbug bites do not transmit diseases, but causes severe itching, said Singapore’s national health platform HealthHub. Their bites are extremely itchy and recognisable as clusters of red bumps on areas on the body that are usually not covered up, such as the neck, arms and leg
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