Overuse of antibiotics amid the Covid pandemic can lead to a rise in ‘Super Gonorrhea’: WHO
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The record rise in the use of antibiotics amid the coronavirus pandemic may provide the sexually transmitted infection an opportunity to thrive, the World Health Organisation has said. "Such a situation can fuel the emergence of resistance in gonorrhea including gonorrhea superbug (super gonorrhea) or gonorrhea with high-level resistance to current antibiotics recommended to treat it," a WHO spokesperson said.
