”Bed bugs are spreading in Japan”...Seoul city establishes measures against bed bugs in subways = South Korea

As the outbreak of bed bugs is spreading nationwide in Japan, which is the most visited overseas tourist destination by Koreans, the city of Seoul has taken a preemptive initiative to prevent bed bugs from occurring in subways. Especially during the cherry blossom blooming period.
As the arrival of spring is expected to bring a surge in the number of domestic and foreign tourists, the plan is to prevent bed bugs from occurring at the source through advance epidemic prevention.
According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on the 25th, by the 27th of this month, the city will
requested that the government establish measures to prevent bed bugs. A report has been posted online through the social networking sites of tourists who recently visited Japan that insects suspected to be bedbugs have been found in Tokyo's subways.
is shared by. Due to concerns about the spread of bed bugs, a ``bed bug map'' has been introduced in Japan to help people avoid bed bugs.
According to statistics on foreign visitors to Japan released by the Japan National Tourism Organization, the number of foreign visitors to Japan in February this year is
There were 2,788,000 foreigners, of which 818,500 were Koreans, accounting for 29.3% of the total and ranking first. Koreans also had the largest number of people in January at 857,000.
Due to the rapid increase in the number of Korean tourists traveling to Japan, the city of Seoul has determined that precautionary measures are necessary for the Seoul subway as well.
Prior to this, Seoul Mayor Oh Sehun declared Seoul a ``bed bug-free city'' in November last year. Seoul is the first city in Korea to
Established and operates an online bed bug reporting center. A ``Bed Bug Prevention and Management Guidebook'' was also created and distributed. The Seoul Transportation Corporation also provided special services such as Sesco from November 2nd to 8th last year.
Together with the Mon Epidemic Prevention Company, we conducted a bed bug ecological survey on textile chairs in subway cars on 6 lines and 75 cars, and announced that there were no bed bugs or their habitat.
A Seoul Transportation Corporation official said, ``To date, there has never been a single case of bed bugs in the Seoul subway,'' and ``we plan to continue conducting regular surveys on the occurrence of bed bugs.''
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