I'm A Celebrity campmates 'at risk of facing potential lethal fire ants in Australia'

I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! returns connected the play for its caller bid with a big of celebrities, including Coleen Rooney, among the campmates this year

A informing implicit occurrence ants has reportedly been placed adjacent a spot expected to beryllium utilized connected the caller bid of I'm A Celebrity up of the ITV show's instrumentality aboriginal this week.

A big of celebrities person arrived successful Australia already for the caller series, which launches implicit the weekend. This year's line-up of campmates, which was unveiled connected Monday, includes a Coleen Rooney, Oti Mabuse and Danny Jones.

It has present been reported, conscionable days earlier the motorboat airs, that occurrence ants person been identified successful 2 states. They are described arsenic "invasive pests" and are said to person the imaginable to pb to fatal allergic reactions successful "rare cases".

According to the Sun, occurrence ants person been recovered adjacent the Diamond Head property successful Palm Beach, Queensland. It's been reported that the villa is being utilized for filming, with it antecedently suggested that it will location the celebrities astatine immoderate point. The outlet states that it's believed the spot volition beryllium utilized for filming scenes for the upcoming motorboat episode. The outlet besides reports that 5 nests person been discovered elsewhere successful Murwillumbah, New South Wales, which is thought to beryllium wherever the campy is.

It adds that a informing has been enactment up adjacent the Diamond Head property aft the insects were identified. A photograph of the informing sign, published by the Sun, includes photos showing ample swarmps of the insects. It reads: "WARNING. Fire ants person been detected successful this area."

Australia has its ain government-funded National Fire Ant Eradication Program. It states that stings from occurrence ants tin origin a "painful, burning, itching sensation" and aggregate stings "give a sensation [that] the assemblage is connected fire".

Its website adds that blisters whitethorn signifier aft being stung, which tin go "itchy" and instrumentality up to 10 days to heal. It further warns that successful "rare cases" occurrence ant stings tin pb to the "severe" and occasionally fatal allergic absorption anaphylaxis.

A root told the Sun: "This is conscionable different 1 of the horrible things that the celebs are going to person to get utilized to during their clip successful Australia. But wellness and information remains the apical precedence for bosses and they are ever successful the champion hands if an exigency does ever occur."

ITV unveiled the line-up for the caller bid of I'm A Celebrity earlier this week. It includes TV property Coleen, erstwhile Strictly Come Dancing prima Oti and McFly subordinate Danny. They volition beryllium joined successful campy by the likes of Coronation Street formed subordinate Alan Halsall, N-Dubz subordinate Tulisa Contostavlos, presenter Melvin Odoom and podcast big GK Barry. Former nonrecreational boxer Barry McGuigan, Loose Women panelist Jane Moore and BBC Radio 1 big Dean McCullough are besides campmates.

The caller bid of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here starts connected ITV connected Sunday astatine 9pm.

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