Over 7000 Students Test HIV-Positive Triggering Mandatory Testing in Karnataka Colleges? Here’s What We Know

> ScienceThe Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society (KSAPS) has denied media reports that over 7,000 college students in the state have tested HIV positive. It also junked the claim that HIV testing is being made mandatory in colleges. HIV figure in KarnatakaThe 7,000 figure being circulated conflates active HIV/AIDS caseloads across Karnataka's 18-35 population with diagnoses among enrolled college students. Under the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017, no person can be compelled to take an HIV test. Clarification of the false news regarding mandatory HIV testing in colleges as 7000 HIV positive cases have been found among college students in Karnataka.