Gonorrhoea vaccines will be widely available from today in sexual health clinics across the UK, in a bid to tackle record-breaking levels of infections. The jabs will first be offered to those at highest risk - mostly gay and bisexual men who have a history of multiple sexual partners or sexually transmitted infections.

England has launched a world-first gonorrhoea vaccination programme, aimed at curbing soaring infection rates and tackling the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant strains. The initiative comes after cases of the sexually transmitted infection (STI) in England reached a record 85,

In a move to stem the rising rates of STIs, England has become the first nation in the world to implement a national gonorrhoea vaccination programme. From today, sexual health clinics nationwide will start administering the vaccine for free to those who are eligible.