STDs next for Kiwis

WELLINGTON: The testing mantra used by public health experts in New Zealand to stop the spread of COVID-19 is now being applied to sexually transmissible infections.

Advocates and researchers believe the unique set of societal conditions produced by the lockdown gives an opportunity to break the chain of transmission.

“If we have broken the chain of COVID transmission through physical distancing then it follows that we may well have broken the chain of HIV and STI transmission,” the New Zealand AIDS Foundation said.