France sees a jump in bedbugs, as Paris prepares to host the Olympics next year

A photo shows a general view of the Ecole Militaire and the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on Sept. 26.

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France is on edge over the resurgence of blood-sucking bedbugs across the country, as concerns mount over whether the creepy-crawlers could impact the Olympics in Paris next year.

“No one is safe,” Emmanuel Grégoire, the first deputy mayor of Paris, said in a tweet on Friday.

People have spotted the critters in recent days on France’s high-speed trains, in the Paris metro and in the city’s Charles-de-Gaulle Airport — in some cases posting videos of the bugs on social media — France24 reported.