21 Infected With HIV In Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh, Feb 06: In a shocking Incident, At least 21 people have been infected with HIV in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao allegedly after a quack used a common syringe to administer the injection, an official said on Monday.

After it was learned that the quack used the same needle for all the victims, the health department lodged a complaint with Bangarmau police station.

In Bangarmau tehsil, the quack traveling on a bicycle ended up giving HIV infection to the patients he had treated injecting the same needle even as medical tests are being conducted to confirm the same.

Seeing the high number cases, the health department constituted a two-member committee which visited various settlements of Bangarmau to investigate the reasons behind the spike," he said.