– They are “nasty” then. It sucks blood, and they are quite big too. I wouldn’t sleep well if they were around my bed, notes Anders Mol when he gets to see a video of wall insects spreading at breakneck speed in next year’s Olympic city. – I was reading about those bastards the other day. They are very difficult to get rid of, says beach volleyball partner Christian Sørum. And they have noticed that in Paris. – There is a wave of panic over the country, says opposition politician Mathilde Panot, according to Reuters. Concern from the Prime Minister The problem has received so much attention that an emergency meeting was held, and Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne had to make a statement. – Bed bugs are a concern for our citizens, who are afraid to deal with them. It is a real test for those who are affected. An attack in a home can be hell for those who live there, and the solutions to get rid of them can be expensive, says Borne. These are bed bugs. They usually live in walls and come out at night to suck blood from people. An adult bed bug sucks blood for 5-10 minutes. After the meal, it quickly crawls back to the hiding place where digestion, skin change and egg laying take place. Here it also deposits the characteristic brown-black excrement. Every year, between 2,500 and 3,000 Norwegian homes are cleaned of bed bugs. Bed bugs are not known to transmit diseases to humans. Source: FHI.no. The pests have spread to everything from hospitals, schools, trains and cinemas. – I don’t want them there in Paris. It’s really disgusting, says Mol, and gets support from several Norwegian athletes. – EKLE: Norwegian athletes agree that bed bugs are not something they want to encounter in Paris. Here a picture from a flat in France taken recently. Photo: Reuters – It was reasonably nasty critters. Hoping to drop it in Paris. Fortunately, we have escaped until now, but we had a period where we checked the bags every time we left from a meeting in Portugal, says rower Kristoffer Brun. Sprintar Line Kloster has been away in insects before and does not want a repeat for the Olympics. – It is certainly not a dream situation if it happens. I’ve been away from grasshoppers that infested my bed once while travelling, and you sleep much worse when you see them start to crawl, she says. If the blood-sucking bed bugs are given free rein in the athletes’ village, it is feared that itching could affect the athletes’ charging for the competitions. – It becomes a bit like mosquitoes. You don’t necessarily notice it until afterwards. Yes, they suck blood, but it takes a lot before there is any blood loss. It is more the skin irritation that will become a nuisance, says Kloster. – I really don’t like insects crawling on me. I’ve been a bit teased for it on trips, so I hope I can keep a cool head, she says. WANT PEACE: Line Kloster hopes bedbugs will not be seen in Paris during the Olympics. Photo: Beate Oma Dahle / NTB Fears worsening after the Olympics “Bed bugs”, as they are called in English, are not unusual in large cities, and can come and go in periods. Pest control consultant, Nicolas Roux de Bezieux, is not too worried about the outbreak in the autumn, but still thinks the Olympics could exacerbate the problem. – For example, many people want to post their apartments on Airbnb during the Olympics, and they may get bed bugs that way, because tourists can of course spread them. Many people will be traveling and may bring bed bugs home. So the concerns are not so much for the Olympics alone, but after the Olympics, and it can be a nice little souvenir for the residents of Paris that they will get even more bed bugs after the Olympics, he says. SPRAYER: Bed bugs can be difficult to get rid of, and here is a pest control company inside a flat outside Paris. Photo: Reuters Norsk hussopp-forsikring has issued a press release due to the spread in Paris. They point out that the problem often increases where there are socio-economic challenges, of which there are many in the French capital. They also come with some advice. – It can be simple things such as not putting clothes on chairs or in the bed, that mobile phones should preferably not be charged in connection with a bed or sofa, and that clothes should be washed at at least 60 degrees when you get home. If you do that, you reduce the chances of bringing stowaways to your own home, says biologist Maren Trones Christiansen in the press release, shared by NTB.
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