HIV outbreak in Boston linked to coronavirus pandemic, report says
Updated: 10:46 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021
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FILE PHOTO 바카라 게임 웹사이트 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: 10:46 PM EDT 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 바카라 게임 웹사이트 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 바카라 게임 웹사이트 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 바카라 게임 웹사이트 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 바카라 게임 웹사이트 CDC Dir. Walensky: We remain in complicated virus stage