17 Oct, 2023 @ 10:52
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Dancer is ‘devoured’ by bedbugs in Spain: Young woman is forced to seek hospital treatment as number of pests surge following ‘plague’ in Paris

A YOUNG woman has been left with ‘wounds’ after being ‘devoured’ by bedbugs in Spain. 

In comes as the French government has had to take special measures, including deploying fumigators across Paris to control a surge in the pests. 

Now, their numbers are soaring in Spain and the National Association of Environmental Health Businesses has warned the issue cannot be contained by borders. 

Between January and September this year, bed bug plagues have grown 71% compared to the previous year. 

According to plague specialist Anticimex, Madrid has seen the highest number of reports, followed by Barcelona, Valencia, the Balearic Islands and Aragon. 

The region has recently become centre stage of the bug epidemic, with a dancer hospitalised from bites she received in Zaragoza. 

María Perez, a dancer for Spanish singer Chanel, showed her injuries in a viral TikTok video, saying ‘they have literally devoured me’. 

The dancer showed bites on her face, arms and neck in the video, which now has over 39 thousand views. 

She said: “I couldn’t sleep at all, they wouldn’t stop biting me. In fact, I even have wounds. As soon as I woke up I went to the pharmacy and they gave me a cream for the bites. That night, I went to hospital because I was bitten all over and I wanted some medicine.

“Nobody wants this. Being bitten is horrible, they bit me so much. I put the cream on four times a day and it still hurts.”

Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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