The pandemic has not caused a super-gonorrhea outbreak, but experts say it could
Canela LópezDec 30, 2020, 02:55 IST
Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria causes 820,00 gonococcal infections per yearCenters for Disease Control and Prevention Super-gonorrhea began trending on Twitter over the weekend after a World Health Organization representative told the Sun the STI may be becoming more resistant to antibiotics.
The pandemic has not created a super strain of gonorrhea, nor do we have evidence of rising cases yet.
But experts told Insider the over-prescription of antibiotics either in attempts to treat COVID-19 or to treat related infections could be making the STI more resistant to treatment.