Photos are going viral on social media – Executive Summary

After Paris and Lisbon, London: Bedbugs have already become “stars” on social networks for British citizens, who shared several photos of these insects in the London Underground – a video went viral, achieving more than 1.7 million views on TikTok A small insect crawling on a leg User using Victoria font. There are Londoners who make sure they do not sit in subway cars for more than a week to avoid coming into contact with the insect.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was already keen to reassure the British, as he stressed that the necessary measures would be taken to control any possible invasion. “I want to reassure you that TfL (Transport for London) has one of the best cleaning regimes. We have spoken to Paris to see if there are any lessons to be learned.”

In Paris, social media also “boosted” images of insects on metro lines, prompting many French people to avoid public transportation, as well as requests to warn about bed bugs swarming many Airbnbs. It is noteworthy that French Health Minister Aurelien Rousseau confirmed that “there is no reason for public panic” in Paris due to the invasion of the bedbug epidemic. In an interview with France Inter radio, the official confirmed that France had not been “invaded,” but acknowledged that the situation was “hell when there are bed bugs.”

Bedbugs on the Victoria Line, it’s over pic.twitter.com/E8XKYH63gs

— notbri.sol (@Xhakaed) October 7, 2023

Yesterday, Kennington station pic.twitter.com/JobvtgXIBh

– Lee (@mxsslxx) October 8, 2023

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