Thailand’s health authorities have advised couples to get tested for Covid, mask up, and practice safe sex ahead of Valentine’s Day.
The recommendations came from Thailand’s department of disease control, which suggested that couples undergo a rapid antigen Covid-19 test before romantic dates.
“Covid-19 isn’t a sexually transmitted disease,” Bureau of Reproductive Health director Bunyarit Sukrat told AFP on Friday adding that “catching Covid-19 is possible through close-contact breathing and exchanging saliva.”
In August last year, the Department of Health released Covid “safe sex” advisory, which also included finding a position that is not “face-to-face” as well as avoiding saliva and other secretions.
The recommendations were made in the view that there were not enough vaccines back then, Dr Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoen, who is the director-general of the…
