London sexual health chief has warned Britain will be faced with a gonorrhoea pandemic once the lockdown ends.
British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) President Dr John McSorley called for Londoners to use the lockdown productively to go and get themselves tested to help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
He also raised concerns that London will see the return of high rates of STI as people’s behaviour returns to normal at the end of the coronavirus pandemic.
British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) President Dr John McSorley told MyLondon: “There are a lot of similarities between Covid and STIs. The notions of social distancing and isolating have been in sexual health for a long time.
“We are on our way back to where we were a year ago. As we open society up again we can expect more gonorrhoea and syphilis.”
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