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UK set for gonorrhoea 'pandemic' when Covid lockdown ends, doctor claims

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A sexual health chief has warned Britain is faced with a gonorrhoea outbreak once lockdown lifts and people return to their lives.

British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) President Dr John McSorley called on the public to take advantage of lockdown to get themselves tested for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) as that will help curtail any potential outbreak.

Before the coronavirus pandemic, Britain hit its worst rates of STDs since the Second World War. As people's social and sex life reduced drastically during lockdown, the number of those using sexual health clinics fell by 85 per cent across the country. What are your thoughts on this?

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