Nearly 900 HIV Cases Detected In Varanasi In 10 Months, Over Half Among Adolescents & Young Adults
Nearly 900 people tested positive for HIV in Varanasi between January and October, including 728 at BHU Hospital and 175 at the district hospital. Officials cited shared drug-use syringes, unprotected sex and unsterilised tattoo needles as possible transmission routes. Thirty people who shared syringes tested positive over two years, with two women dying.
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- Section
- Health
- Places
- Uttar Pradesh
- First reported by
- The Free Press Journal
- Reporter
- biswajeet banerjee
- Published
- Sunday, 25 October 2026, 11:53 am IST
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- One outlet so far
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