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Have a quick ATK before heading between the sheets

Advice from the Department of Health to those planning to have sex on Valentine’s Day: Getting tests for Covid-19 using a rapid antigen test kit first. (Photo: Bangkok Post)

The Department of Health has come up with some new advice for those planning to have sex on Valentine’s Day — get tested for Covid-19 using a rapid antigen test kit (ATK) before making love.

Last year, the department recommended wearing face masks and avoiding facing your partner while having sex because there weren’t enough vaccines and ATKs back then, Dr Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoen, director-general of the department, said.

Since the Covid-19 situation has changed and lovers appear to be safer when it comes to having sex, ATK testing should be enough for fully vaccinated people, he said.

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