HIV outbreak in Boston linked to coronavirus pandemic, report says
Updated: 7:46 PM PDT Apr 21, 2021
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FILE PHOTO — Homeless people congregate on the steps of the former Keys Of The Kingdom Tabernacle Of Prayer building on Main street in downtown Brockton, MA on April 23, 2020. High COVID-19 rates have been reported in Brockton and Randolph.
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HIV outbreak in Boston linked to coronavirus pandemic, report says
Updated: 7:46 PM PDT Apr 21, 2021
An HIV outbreak in Boston is worsening as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. An outbreak in Boston among homeless drug users has increased to 113 infections — with an additional 13 added between January and February, according to The Boston Globe.Experts are blaming the increase on the stay-at-home order, which resulted in a drop in HIV testing.In January 2020, the state performed more than 3,000 tests. In April of the same year about 200 tests were conducted.Related video — CDC Dir. Walensky: We remain in complicated virus stage
An HIV outbreak in Boston is worsening as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
An outbreak in Boston among homeless drug users has increased to 113 infections — with an additional 13 added between January and February, according to The Boston Globe.
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Experts are blaming the increase on the stay-at-home order, which resulted in a drop in HIV testing.
In January 2020, the state performed more than 3,000 tests. In April of the same year about 200 tests were conducted.
Related video — CDC Dir. Walensky: We remain in complicated virus stage