Troubling Surge in Sexually Transmitted Infections Across Europe: EU Health Agency

In 2022, gonorrhea cases rose by 48 percent, with 70,881 reported around the EU and EEA area, compared to a year earlier, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

The European Union's health agency said Thursday there was a "troubling" surge in cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) across Europe, which could be just "the tip of the iceberg".

In 2022, gonorrhoea cases rose by 48 percent, with 70,881 reported around the EU and EEA area, compared to a year earlier, while cases of syphilis rose by 34 percent to over 35,391, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

Cases of chlamydia rose 16 percent, reaching 216,508 across the 27 countries covered by the agency.