Pattaya Thais may still be wearing masks nearly all the time, but they’re using condoms less than before Covid-19.
Nurse Nakanya Jantrakard of Pattaya’s Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Department, said both reported cases of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases have increased since 2019.
While protection from the coronavirus seems forefront in the minds of Thais, particularly young ones, protection against sexually transmitted viruses and bacterial infections doesn’t seem as important now.
Sex workers reportedly are using condoms less in the bedroom as well, but afterward are sure to mask up.
In the meeting with charity networks, health workers and NGOs, representatives wrung their hands about the problem and wondered how they can reverse the trend.
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