TY - JOUR T1 - Diagnoses of syphilis and HIV infection during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 319 LP - 319 DO - 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054802 VL - 97 IS - 4 AU - Chun-Chieh Chia AU - Chien-Ming Chao AU - Chih-Cheng Lai Y1 - 2021/06/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/97/4/319.abstract N2 - Dear Editor,In a recent article, Latini et al 1 described a decline in reported cases of STIs, particularly syphilis, during the spring 2020 lockdown in Rome. Similarly, in Madrid, the number of diagnosed STIs decreased during the first semester of 2020 compared with the same period of 2019.2 The authors suggested that a possible driver for the reduction could be COVID-19 related social distancing interventions. In Taiwan, the health authority implemented several control interventions in response to the outbreak, particularly mask wearing and hand … ER -