SEATTLE:-- A Seattle judge has ordered an HIV-positive man to
stop spreading the disease and to seek treatment after he infected eight
people in four years.
The man, known only as "AO" in court documents, is required to show up for counselling and to protect future sexual partners.
Officials maintain they are not trying to criminalise sexual activity but to protect public health.
The man could face fines or jail time if he does not comply.
About 50,000 people in the US are newly infected with HIV every year,
according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). About
16% of the 1.1 million people living with the virus do not know they
are infected.
AO tested positive for HIV in 2008 and spread the virus to at least
eight people between 2010-14, according to court documents viewed by
local news media.
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