SINGAPORE: There were 250 new cases of human immunodeficiency virus infections reported among Singapore residents in 2021, the Ministry of Health said on Friday .
Men who have sex with men accounted for 62 per cent of the cases and heterosexual transmission accounted for 33 per cent of cases, while bisexual transmission accounted for 3 per cent, MOH said. The total number of HIV-infected Singapore residents stands at 9,129 as of end-2021. Among them, 2,255 have died.MOH said that from Aug 1 this year, the National HIV Programme, which is under the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, will introduce HIV self-testing.
However, the result of a single rapid diagnostic test such as the HIV self-test is not sufficient to make a HIV-positive diagnosis, MOH said.
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