Bed bugs found in a university dormitory in Daegu... ``Room where British students stayed'' = South Korea

While the government is worried about the increasing number of bedbugs in Paris, France, which is preparing for the Olympics next year, in South Korea, bedbugs are also being found in a sauna in Incheon and a university dormitory in Daegu.
was discovered. According to JTBC on the 19th, Keimyung University in Daegu said, ``Bed bugs were recently discovered in the men's wing of a newly built dormitory, and we have been implementing epidemic prevention measures in the entire dormitory since yesterday.
” he revealed. The existence of bed bugs was revealed on the 17th of this month when a student informed the school that he had been bitten by a bed bug.
A Keimyo University official said, ``After inspecting all the dormitories, we found that the bedbugs were only coming from this student's room.''
``A British student was staying there before the victim student moved in.'' A student also complained of being bitten by a bed bug on the anonymous bulletin board "Everytime" for college students.
The contents have been published. The student complained, ``Since mid-September, my skin has been swollen and itchy, so I've been taking injections and medicine at the same time, but it hasn't gotten better.''
The student said, ``I took a shower in the morning and evening and was proud of my cleanliness, but no matter how I looked at it, it was a problem.''
"I turned the mattress over and looked at it," he said, and also posted a photo of bed bugs on the bed cover. The dormitory said, ``Despite implementing epidemic prevention measures eight times a year, this situation continues.''
We apologize for the inconvenience caused.'' Keimyong University announced that it plans to provide medical expenses to the victim students.
Prior to this, Seo-gu, Incheon City inspected a sauna on the 13th of this month.
As a result, they found one living adult and one larva of bed bugs under the mat of a jjimjilbang (Korean-style sauna).
Nishi Ward will issue a warning to this business, and if there are any problems with maintaining cleanliness in subsequent inspections, the business will be suspended.
The plan is to strengthen punishment for such cases. Bed bugs, a common species around the world, gather in warm areas mainly at night to feed on blood. Although it does not cause any contagious disease, the sting causes severe itching.
Recently, bedbugs have been discovered one after another in movie theaters, trains, and subways in France, causing the French government to worry. Several schools have been closed one after another due to epidemic prevention.
Ru. In South Korea, bed bugs are said to have almost disappeared due to the Saemaul Movement (rural reform movement) in the 1960s and the introduction of DDT insecticide in the 1970s.