Paris street filled with mattresses amid bedbug outbreak
A street in Paris, France, was filled with mattresses in plastic bags as the bedbug outbreak continues to be an issue in the city. An 18-year-old student was walking home from school when she spotted the beds on the side of the street.
A video has surfaced showing multiple mattresses piled up and littering a street in Paris, France, amid a current bedbug infestation.
Aarya Bondge, an 18-year-old fashion student, was walking home from class when she noticed the collection of mattresses on the street.
Bondge told SWNS that some looked to be new and some looked to be old — noting that many had plastic coverings surrounding them.
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The 9th district street she was walking on is called Rue Saint Lazare and is home to many different hotels.
The student captured the sight of mattresses on the street — and noted that hotels might have been throwing out the beds due to the recent bedbug infestation taking over the city.
A street in Paris is shown littered with discarded mattresses amid a current bedbug infestation. (SWNS)
“I don’t know if it was bedbugs … They might have been throwing out their mattresses because of that,” she said.
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Bondge told SWNS that Paris is still dealing with the issue — and Parisians are not taking it lightly.
“Line 6 of the metro is still terrible,” she said, noting that many people are refusing to sit on the seats due to bedbugs.
Mattresses lying in the street, Rue Saint Lazare, in the 9th district of Paris (SWNS)
“I would still rather stand for an hour than touch the seats,” she said.
The bedbug outbreak began recently in Paris — and many are concerned with what the bugs could be spreading.
The bedbug problem is so severe that it is being treated as a public health crisis, as Fox News Digital reported this week. The government created a global action plan extending until 2024 to fight against the massive spread of bedbugs in France’s housing.
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However, the insect problem has spread beyond people’s homes and has been highlighted by social media users in gyms and movie theaters.
The bedbug problem is so severe that it is being treated as a public health crisis.
In May, it was reported that a hospital had a bedbug infestation.
A recent study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases said bedbugs may be able to acquire and transmit methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
It’s a type of bacteria found on people’s skin that can cause serious infections — also known as a staph infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A bedbug is shown in this image. Some signs of bedbugs include bite marks on the face, neck, arms and other body parts after sleeping, per the CDC. (iStock)
Although this particular study used artificial feeders and not real people, the germ can still cause serious infections.
Dr. Bruce Hirsch, an attending physician in infectious diseases at Northwell Health in Manhasset, New York, told Fox News Digital recently that the presence of MRSA is still very possible.
“There have been previous associations of exposure to bedbug to MRSA outbreaks, though very unusual,” he said.
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He added that Staph tends to be the most common on the front of the nose, on skin and around the environment of bedsheets, clothes and more.
A video has surfaced showing mattresses stacked on a street in Paris as the city copes with a bedbug infestation. (SWNS/iStock)
Hirsch recommended keeping your body and your environment clean to avoid any issues.
Some signs of bedbugs include bite marks on the face, neck, arms and other body parts after sleeping, per the CDC.
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The CDC recommends contacting a pest control specialist to check for bedbugs if any signs appear.
Hannah Grossman of Fox News Digital, as well as Amy McGorry, contributed reporting.
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