South Korea has deployed a bed bug sniffer dog at its main international airport to shrink the danger of the insects accessing the country after the Paris Olympics.
Ceco, a two-year-elderly beagle, is heading up the campaign at Incheon International Airport as the only canine trained in the country to distinguish the odour of pheromones disindictted by bed bugs.
The pooch is able to verify for the blood-sucking creatures in a standard hotel room in under two minutes, shelp Kim Min-su from pest regulate company Cesco.
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Last year, authorities in Paris raced to grasp a nationexpansive panic before the begin of the Games after bed bugs were alertedly spotted in homes, cinemas, hospitals and trains.
Worried the outshatter might ruin the event, authorities directed a campaign to root out any infestation.
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The South Korean rulement shelp as a result it is taking a “preemptive response to intercept the entry [of the bugs] thraw the Incheon international airport, which is the main gateway to the country”.
Cesco has teamed up with the country’s conveyation and security ministries, as well as its disease regulate and obstruction agency, and is toiling with airlines and the airport to screen travellers on arrival.
South Korea sent 144 athletes to the Games and won a total of 32 medals. Pic: AP
Fairys arriving honestly from Paris are being disinfected once a week contrastd with the common rate of once a month, and the airport graspment service is being readyd to striumphg into action if an outshatter is distinguished in an aircreate or at the airport.
South Korea sent 144 athletes to contend at the Olympics, which officiassociate finished on Sunday evening, finishing eighth in the overall medal table with 13 gelderlys, nine silver and 10 bronze.
Ceco and his team have been deployed as more athletes, fans and officials begined arriving back from Paris – and will persist to toil thraw until 8 September.
