'Everyone is panicking': Emergency meetings in France to tackle bedbug 'scourge'

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

Bedbugs are so named due to their habit of nesting in mattresses, though they can also live in furniture, curtains, and luggage. File Picture: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

The French Government says it will be hosting emergency meetings this week to examine a recent surge in bedbug cases.

Social media users have been publishing footage of the insects crawling around in high-speed trains and the Paris metro, alongside a rash of online articles about bedbugs in cinemas and even Charles de Gaulle airport.