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Saskatchewan’s other epidemics are getting worse.
Amid the chaos and distraction brought by COVID-19, infectious diseases like syphilis appear to be spreading at an alarming rate, and doctors worry that new cases of HIV and hepatitis C have gone undetected.
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Preliminary data from the Saskatchewan government indicate more than twice as many people tested positive for syphilis in 2020 compared to 2019. Doctors say the apparent decrease in the prevalence of Hepatitis C and HIV cannot be trusted, since testing for those viruses plummeted by roughly 30 per cent.
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Saskatchewan’s other epidemics are getting worse.
Amid the chaos and distraction brought by COVID-19, infectious diseases like syphilis appear to be spreading at an alarming rate, and doctors worry that new cases of HIV and hepatitis C have gone undetected.
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Preliminary data from the Saskatchewan government indicate more than twice as many people tested positive for syphilis in 2020 compared to 2019. Doctors say the apparent decrease in the prevalence of Hepatitis C and HIV cannot be trusted, since testing for those viruses plummeted by roughly 30 per cent.
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