SCIENTISTS have warned the antibiotic-resistant strain of super-gonorrhoea may pose a “major global threat” in the wake of an Austrian man catching the sexually transmitted disease. It comes as MPs have been urged to increase efforts to tackle the rise of superbugs.
Experts have warned that dogs could be carrying the mcr-1 gene, which has built up a resistance to life-saving drugs. It is now thought that the bug, which was first identified in China in 2015, can be transmitted from animals to humans.