The Finland National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) reported today (computer translated) that the number of gonorrhea cases increased from 2016 to 2017.

Last year there were nearly 600 gonorrhea cases reported in Finland, or about 180 more cases than there were in 2016, according to THL’s published Infectious Diseases in Finland 2017 report.
Officials reported increases in chlamydia infections also.
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