{"id":24835,"date":"2015-09-02T02:15:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T06:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/singapore-lifts-ban-on-hiv-positive-visitors\/"},"modified":"2015-09-02T02:15:41","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T06:15:41","slug":"singapore-lifts-ban-on-hiv-positive-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/singapore-lifts-ban-on-hiv-positive-visitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore lifts ban on HIV positive visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Singapore lifts ban on HIV positive visitors<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Singapore has lifted its 20-year ban on HIV positive visitors but will limit their stay to&nbsp;three months.<\/p>\n<p>The ban was lifted on 1 April but only made public on Monday (31 August).<\/p>\n<p>&lsquo;Given the current context with more than 5,000 Singapore residents living with HIV and the availability of effective treatment for the disease,&rsquo; a health ministry&nbsp;spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>&lsquo;The policy on the repatriation and permanent blacklisting of HIV positive foreigners was recommended in the late 1980s when the disease was new, fatal and no effective treatment was available.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>The three-month restriction is meant to prevent&nbsp;foreigners with HIV from&nbsp;taking up residence in the Lion city.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson said a short-term visit &lsquo;poses very low additional risk of HIV transmission to the local population.<\/p>\n<p>&lsquo;However, the public health risk posed by long-stayers is not insignificant, hence the restriction on long-term visits has been retained.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>He added that Australia and New Zealand have similar restrictions on long-term visitors with HIV.<\/p>\n<p>According to Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe, 30 countries still force&nbsp;HIV positive foreigners to leave.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/singapore-lifts-ban-on-hiv-positive-visitors\/\">Singapore lifts ban on HIV positive visitors<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/\">Gay Star News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Darren Wee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/singapore-lifts-ban-on-hiv-positive-visitors\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/singapore-lifts-ban-on-hiv-positive-visitors\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore lifts ban on HIV positive visitors Singapore has lifted its 20-year ban on HIV positive visitors but will limit their stay to&nbsp;three months. 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