Faced with the worrying rise of bedbugs in Paris which is slowly spreading in Europe, a French influencer is said to have covered herself from head to toe with a white plastic hazmat-type suit to avoid catching the bugs. one of his parasites during a train journey.
“The Eurostar bedbugs won’t get me,” the plastic-clad woman wrote in a video on TikTok, which had reached more than 1.4 million views as of Friday.
Since bed fleas were spotted on the London Underground following the announcement of a major outbreak in Paris, public transport users have been extra vigilant in public spaces to avoid bringing them home. house, “The Mirror” reported on Friday.
But even if it is not advisable to bring a hazardous materials suit for your travels, the young woman did not want to take any chances, while these insects can travel by clinging to clothing, in shoes, in bags or even in other items, according to the British media.
The only drawback to her outfit: “the noise on the other hand,” she wrote in the video description.
“The rustling is so satisfying to me. It’s a constant reminder that you are winning against the insects,” one of the Internet users nevertheless reacted in the comments, noted the English-speaking media.
For its part, the Eurostar train company, which offers routes between the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, said it was doing “everything it can” to prevent an epidemic. of insects, by regularly disinfecting its wagons and applying other “preventive measures” to prevent them from “crossing the border”, according to “The Mirror”.