French authorities are working to ensure the bedbugs don't bite during the Olympic games and have started a drive to exterminate the pests.
Transport Minister Clement Beaune said he will discuss the issue with transport operators next week.
At the Paris Gare de Lyon train station, travellers said they doubted whether authorities would be able to get on top of the problem."I'm worried about it. I'll keep my luggage closed to stop getting into my home. Once I get home, I'll have to wash all my clothes," Laura Mmadi, a sales worker heading to the south of France said.
Coming into Paris from Nice, Sophie Ruscica said she had inspected her seat closely for any signs of the insects that feed on human blood and can live in a wide range of habitats as well as beds. "It stressed me out. I had to take the train and I wondered whether I would find bedbugs. But then again, one can find them in cinemas and just about everywhere," she said.In a report published in July, health agency Anses said that between 2017 and 2022, bedbugs had infested more than one in ten French households."People can really get depressed, even paranoid over it.
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