West Bengal is fast becoming a high-risk HIV positive state. According to statistics for the last two years available with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, West Bengal accounts for eight per cent of the nation?? 1.61 lakh newly-infected persons. A large number of skilled labourers, who are employed in Gujarat and Maharashtra, act as carriers of HIV AIDS on their return home. Earlier, West Bengal was a state with low HIV incidence. However, the spurt in the number of infected adults over the last two years has made the health authorities sit up and take notice. Over the last couple of years, Bengal accounted for only 2.2 per cent of the 25 lakh people afflicted with the disease across the country.

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