previously reported, STD testing and numbers have also been down in San Francisco, compared to year-to-date 2019 numbers, since the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic has led public health professionals to change practices to allow for better physical distancing, such as conducting at-home STD tests.Dr.
Hilary Reno, a professor at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, said that there was a 45% per-week drop in overall STD tests due to the COVID-19 pandemic as 28% of STI/HIV testing sites closed and 43% of sites that provided condoms closed in the St.