Bout of highly drugresistant gonorrhoea is bound for Essex

An outbreak of gonorrhoea unresponsive to treatment could be on its way to Essex after a cluster of cases were reported in the north of England.The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV said that fifteen cases had been detected by Public Health England (PHE) to date. Reports to PHE's sexually transmitted bacteria reference unit (STBRU) of cases of the infection being highly resistant to the azithromycin drug have previously been rare, it added.All of the cases involve heterosexual...