Luton Council has highlighted just how difficult a task it is to rid a home of the creatures.
A council has warned it is receiving an "alarming" number of calls to bedbug infestations following the outbreak in France.The warning came as London mayor Sadiq Khan said there was real concern about The threat of France's bedbug outbreak spreading to London's public transport.Bedbug bites can be raised, itchy and often in a line or grouped together.Bedbugs feed on blood by biting people, creating wounds that can be itchy but do not usually cause other health problems.
The council said while the bedbug was not known to be a carrier of disease, the council did recognise the pest was an "obnoxious" creature to share a home with.It wants homeowners to be ready to cooperate with council officers who are sent to treat their homes and warned of the scale of the measures needed to tackle an infestation.
beds must have been stripped and bedcovers put into sealed bin liners and placed in the bath for storage. Pay attention to the draws often built into divan beds which must also be emptied all wardrobes, drawers and bookcases to be emptied and contents placed in sealed bin liners and stored in the bathall pictures and posters off the walls and available for inspection.
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