A woman from Sofia found more than 15 ticks on her child's face and hands after a walk in South Park. The mother issued a warning to all parents whose children play in the area to be vigilant, "Nova TV" reported.
Petya Lozanova was on a walk with her 2-year-old son and his 6-year-old daughter. “The children played, and shortly after we left, we saw that my son's entire cheek and hands were covered with ticks. They were very small and we started removing them.
Luckily, none of them had stuck yet, they were just crawling over his body. The ball the children were playing with was covered with dozens of ticks, the woman said. On the way home, the mother kicked her children's clothes several times. It turned out that her daughter was also crawling with insects that she removed.
The Metropolitan Municipality explained that this year the lawns were treated for ticks even earlier than usual. This happened at the end of March. Followed by a partial spraying after the full one at the beginning of early spring.