The UK Health Security Agency has warned that the slackening off of restrictions could lead to an increase in antibiotic-resistant infections.
Arise in antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections is likely as pandemic restrictions ease, experts have warned.
Drug-resistant bloodstream infections fell in 2020 for the first time since 2016, but they are likely to rise again when restrictions are dropped, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.
The Government agency said the number of this type of infections fell in 2020 for the first time since 2016, but still remain at a higher level than they were six years ago.
Due to reductions in social mixing, enhanced hand hygiene and fewer people in hospital, the number of these infections fell from 65,583 in 2019 in England to 55,384 in 2020.
