Bed bugs are spreading across the country. As bed bugs were confirmed in a studio in Asan, South Chungcheong Province on the 9th, bed bugs have now spread to South Chungcheong Province following Seoul, Incheon, and Daegu. According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on the 10th, as of the 6th, there were 32 reports of bed bugs nationwide, and 13 of these were found to be actual bed bugs. The government is counting bed bug reports on a weekly basis.
In Korea, bed bugs virtually disappeared with the use of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) insecticide in the 1960s and 1970s. From 2014 to the beginning of this year, there were only 9 reports of bed bugs received by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. However, since last month, reports of bed bugs have increased, especially in Seoul, and the number of reports has surpassed the cumulative number of 10 years in just one month.
It spread to Asan, South Chungcheong Province… Ministry of Environment, emergency approval for 8 types of pesticides – KORAIL Seoul headquarters is carrying out bed bug quarantine work at Seoul Station in the early morning of the 10th. Bed bugs have spread to the South Chungcheong region following Seoul, Incheon, and Daegu. On this day, the National Institute of Environmental Research under the Ministry of Environment approved eight new pesticides that can be used to eradicate bedbugs. /KORAIL
As bedbugs showed signs of spreading, the government and local governments took action. On this day, the National Institute of Environmental Research under the Ministry of Environment approved eight new pesticides that can be used to eradicate bedbugs. Until now, insecticides containing pyrethroids were mainly used, but as bed bugs became resistant to these pesticides, insecticides containing dinotefuran, a neonicotinoid, were additionally permitted. However, all newly approved pesticides are used by professional quarantine companies and cannot be used in ordinary homes.
On this day, the city of Seoul announced that it would be operating the nation’s first ‘Bed Bug Report Center’. Recently, bedbugs have been spreading a lot in Seoul. Citizens who discover bed bugs can visit the Seoul Infectious Disease Research Center website (https://sidrec.go.kr) to report. The Seoul Metropolitan Government and public health centers are dispatched to areas where bedbugs appear and quarantine them. Reports of bed bugs can also be made through the national call ‘110’ or by calling each public health center. The government has created a ‘Joint Task Force to Prevent the Spread of Bedbugs’ and will operate an ‘intensive control period’ for four weeks starting on the 13th. We plan to inspect public places where bed bugs are likely to appear, such as lodging and bathhouses, medical institutions, nursing facilities, daycare centers, and residential facilities for the disabled, and conduct preliminary disinfection work.
Bed bugs are mainly active at night and suck human blood. They suck 7 to 10 times more blood than mosquitoes and cause severe itching and red spots. However, it does not transmit infectious diseases. Bed bugs are weak to high temperatures. If bed bugs are found, ‘high temperature steam’ is used to remove them. If you don’t have a steam cleaner, using a hair dryer at high temperature is said to be effective. Afterwards, pesticides approved by the Ministry of Environment to exterminate bed bugs are sprayed. At this time, do not spray on clothes or beds that have been in direct contact with the body. Insecticide usage and dosage must also be observed. If you have a clothes dryer, it is effective to dry clothes at 50 to 60 degrees Celsius for at least 30 minutes.
2023-11-10 14:53:47
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