SINGAPORE: Major pest control firms here are reporting an increase in bedbugs infestation cases and predicting that there will be more to come.
Number of bedbugs enquires have been increasing steadily this could possible due to the holiday season being around the corner. In the past two months, some pest control services have seen an increased by around 40 per cent.
Advising travellers before you sleep on the bed in the hotel room, make sure you check and look out for evidence of potential infestation.
“Bedbugs are excellent hitchhikers,” To prevent bedbugs infestation in your home is to soak clothes and other items in water hotter than 60 degrees Celsius after you returned from oversea trip.
“Personal hygiene is a very important factor. We just have to keep a lookout to places that we travel, especially in hotel rooms and the things that we are going to bring back from overseas,
BEDBUGS SAFETYY AWARENESS
Individuals who are not hygienic are among those most at risk of bed bug infestation
“While bed bugs do feed on all humans, regardless whether they are clean or not, personal and also surrounding cleanliness can lower the risk when it comes to whether the bed bug is establishing the harbourage area or infestation.
Others at risk include people who live in cramped spaces which are also dirty, as well as those who travel frequently.
