Diagnoses of the sexually transmitted infection have jumped by 49% compared to pre-pandemic.
The number of cases of gonorrhoea recorded in Scotland has soared since the end of Covid lockdown restrictions.show there were 5,641 diagnoses of the sexually transmitted infection last year, a 49% increase on 2019.
The end of social distancing restrictions and more people being checked at sexual health clinics is partly to blame for the rise.Rates of the infection have increased rapidly since May 2021, from three positive diagnoses per 100,000 people to a "historical high" of 17.2 per 100,000 in November 2022.
The increase is not linked to increasing resistance to antibiotic treatment, said PHS which also warns that dealing with the surge in cases will be "challenging" due to reduced capacity at sexual health clinics across Scotland.Gonorrhoea cases dropped in 2020 when the number of people being tested fell dramatically as result of the Covid pandemic.
The low numbers of cases in 2021 was partly attributed to social distancing measures in place in that year.
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