Sir Keir Starmer has become the first prime minister to publicly take an HIV test, and said he would be urging other leaders to do the same.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Sir Keir Starmer has challenged politicians around the world to follow his example after becoming the first G20 leader to publicly take an HIV test. The Prime Minister took the rapid detection test in front of cameras at Downing Street to demonstrate the ease of finding out your status at home ahead of the Terrence Higgins Trust’s HIV Testing Week.
After pouring two more liquids on the device, there was a short wait until the result came back negative. The PM squeezed out a droplet of blood from his finger to use in the test Singer Beverley Knight also took a rapid diagnosis test Explaining why he decided to do the test publicly, the PM said: ‘We know there are a number of people we’ve got HIV today who don’t know they’ve got it. ‘It could be up to just under 5000 and it’s really important we find those cases.
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