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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Health
Paul McAuley

Man's confusion at 'sledgehammer' diagnosis he didn't consider a risk

A man was given a 'sledgehammer' diagnosis after he started dating again following his divorce.

Allan Batock, 45, was diagnosed with HIV when he was 33 and he said he struggled to accept his positive status for a long time.

Recent statistics have shown that the number of new HIV diagnoses in heterosexual people are higher than those in gay and bisexual men for the first time in 10 years.

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