Seoul authorities have announced that they are going to deploy sniffer dogs on returning Olympians, to detect bed bugs! Is this over the top or necessary? We cover the details!
South Korea has deployed a bedbug sniffer dog at Incheon airport in an attempt to reduce the nationwide risk of bedbugs entering Korea undetected. Now, this may seem over the top, however last year (2023) France after the COVID-19 pandemic, faced another pandemic which was bedbugs primarily in the French capital Paris, where the 2024 Pairs Olympics were held, attracting thousands of overseas visitors.
The bedbug sniffer dogs will be inspecting passengers who enter the country including athletes, officials, and fans when they return from the Olympics in Paris.
Leading the campaign is a two-year-old beagle named Ceco, who pest control company Cesco said is the first and so far only canine trained in the country to detect the odor of pheromones, the chemicals released by bedbugs, I think that this is so clever. I mean being an owner of three very different dogs and one of them being a Beagle I know how good their noes and sense of smell.
Ceco is capable of sweeping a standard hotel room in under two minutes, company official Kim Min S said, "How insane is that?!"
The pest control company has teamed up with South Korea’s ministries of security and transportation, as well as the disease control and prevention agency, and is working with airlines and Incheon Airport to screen travelers on arrival.
I agree that this is a smart move by the Korean Government in order to try and stop any outbreak from entering the country, especially from the origin country, and I also think that this is a much more cost effective way to try and stop a potential pandemic from happening.
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