Pakistani paramedics have been taking blood samples for HIV testing in the city of Rato Dero. (AFP photo)ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Sunday over 600 people, most of them children, had tested HIV positive in a city in the southern Sindh province. Concern grew after hundreds of people were allegedly infected by a doctor using a contaminated syringe in Rato Dero city and surrounding villages of Larkana district. "Four of the children of my village have already been diagnosed HIV positive." With about 20,000 new HIV infections reported in 2017 alone, Pakistan currently has the second fastest growing HIV rates across Asia, according to the UN.

Source: Bangkok Post May 26, 2019 13:41 UTC