A doctor checks a miner, rescued from a gold mine affected by a landslide
A doctor checks a miner, rescued from a gold mine affected by a landslide, at a hospital in Choluteca, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa July 4, 2014. Rescuers freed three miners on Friday who had been trapped by a landslide at an illegal gold mine in southern Honduras, but eight more remained unaccounted for as the search moved into its second day. The workers were trapped when the entrance to the mine in San Juan Arriba collapsed on Wednesday. Picture taken July 4, 2014. Reuters

A new powerful form of gonorrhea was detected in Australia. Since there is no treatment, doctors were on high alert. Antibiotics are not effective in treating the certain disease. The patient who contracted the "sex superbug" is a tourist from central Europe. Reports state that the tourist contracted the disease in Sydney.

The concerning factor is that it is highly powerful and has a high resistance to drugs administered. Australia's Health Department, having a new type of gonococcal bacteria said that the disease was never seen before. It is highly resistant to any sort of drug and is dubbed A8806.

Another untreatable strain of gonorrhoea, H041 was detected in Japan last 2009 when a sex worker was diagnosed with the disease and could not be treated. There were reports of cases diagnosed with the STD in Hawaii, California and Norway as well. A8806 shows similarities to this strain.

New Zealand's Sexual Health Society president, Edward Coughlan, stated that the patient who had the disease with the highest level of gonorrhoea drug resistance ever reported in Australia, has left the country. He also said that the drugs that were developed for the past 70 years were ineffective in treating the disease, "This is a major public health concern".

The "sex superbug" has also caused fear in New Zealand as there are chances of it spreading to the country. The A8006 is also known as the clap caused by neisseria gonorrhoea. Coughlan said that the infection could result in severe complications.

The rising number of cases is the main factor of concern as the Public Health of England found that there was 21 per cent rise in 2012.

Gonorrhoea is transmitted by oral sex and penetrative sex. It can result in infertility, ectopic pregnancy, fever, rashes and arthritis-like symptoms and complications that can cause joint and heart infections, as well as meningitis. One must seek treatment immediately when the symptoms are detected. The NHS stated that the symptoms of this STD include discharge of a thick green or yellow discharge from the sexual organs, bleeding in women and a stinging pain while urinating. The NHS also warned that in some cases there may not be any symptoms at all.