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Coronavirus lockdown could wipe out sexually transmitted diseases in Scotland, experts say

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The coronavirus pandemic could wipe out sexually transmitted diseases in Scotland, experts have revealed. People are now having less sex during the Covid-19 lockdown as millions are told to stay at home and not meet with people from other households.

Clinicians have now said the outbreak could be a 'once in a lifetime opportunity' to halt the spread of infections such as HIV, chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhoea - Sky News reports.

If people with STIs get tested and treated before restrictions are lifted, they will be unable to pass it on to others and the cycle could be broken.Dr John McSorley, president of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH), told the news outlet: "Covid-19 has had an effect on people's personal

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