Alexei Mazus, a freelance chief expert on HIV infection of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, said at the congress “Man and Medicine” that cases of HIV-infected infections were not recorded while doctors were on duty in Russia. TASS.
He stressed, however, that there are risks of infection.
While the expert presented data showing that there were 909 thousand 59 people living with HIV in Russia in 2022, it was noted that last year the number of new infections was 57 thousand 508 and 47.4 million people were examined.
In Rospotrebnadzor at the end of March reportedThat the first stage of the HIV epidemic was recorded in nine Russian regions. This is the stage where isolated cases of morbidity are recorded. According to the agency, currently 27 regions of the country have recorded the so-called generalized stage – more than 1% of pregnant women are infected.