Eurostar has stepped up cleaning on its trains amid the threat of a mutant bedbug invasion that has already engulfed Paris.
Footage of the blood-sucking insects has horrified TikTok users, leading to some standing on the infested Parisian metro instead of sitting on the fabric seats or posting warnings about the creepy critters swarming their Airbnb rentals.
Eurostar on Tuesday confirmed it was ramping up “preventative treatments” across their entire network to keep the critters on the other side of the Channel.
Are bedbugs lurking on the Eurostar? (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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A spokesperson told The Independent: “The safety and wellbeing of our customers is always our number one priority and the presence of insects such as bedbugs on our trains, is extremely rare.
”The textile surfaces on all of our trains are cleaned thoroughly on a regular basis and this involves hot-water injection and extraction cleaning, which has proven highly effective in…
