Recorded Aids cases increase significantly in north Cyprus

Registered Aids cases in north Cyprus increased almost threefold in 2019, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Monday.

A report by Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeni Duzen on Monday said there were 74 recorded cases in the first nine months of this year, compared with 27 in all of 2018.

Experts told the newspaper that the numbers could be much higher as the stigma attached to the condition was preventing people from taking HIV tests early.

They urged the appropriate services to take measures and raise awareness, and to allay the fear and embarrassment people feel so that they can get diagnosed on time.