Super gonorrhoea could meet its match with new pill for the ‘untreatable’

The bacteria which casues the disease, called Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Picture: Shutterstock)

A new antibiotic could zap super gonorrhoea, a treatment-resistant strain of the STI which is increasing in the UK.

Gepotidacin, which is taken as a pill, is already used to treat urinary tract infections.

Now it could be prescribed for gonorrhoea too – which is good news, given that the UK Health Security Agency warned last month that resistance could make it ‘untreatable’ with traditional methods.