Researchers have stated that the effectiveness of antibiotics is rapidly decreasing, Bild newspaper reports.

"We are again losing the achievements of modern medicine and returning to the times of the discovery of penicillin," said Mathias Pletz, Chair at the Institute for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control.

The authors of the report noted two main reasons for the decrease in the effectiveness of antibiotics: the uncontrolled use of antibiotics even for the treatment of respiratory diseases, and the increase in the number of tourist trips after the COVID-19 pandemic.

It is noted that antibiotics are often prescribed in an uncontrolled manner, and sometimes there is no need for them. As a result, antibiotic-resistant microorganisms can cause infections that could affect tens of millions of people by 2050.