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University of Otago has just released research showing the number of people diagnosed in New Zealand with HIV halved between 2016 and 2020.
Last year, 95 people were first diagnosed with the sexually transmitted disease in New Zealand, compared with 196 in 2016.
Gay Men s Sexual Health Research director Peter Saxon from the University of Auckland said prevention could get that number to zero - so the fight against HIV continues.
The Covid-19 pandemic might have led to a drop in testing last year, revealing fewer positive cases, Saxon said.
The AIDS Epidemiology Group at the University of Otago said it was encouraging to see the number of people diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand fall in 2020 to the lowest level in 20 years.