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World's first HIV self-testing kit goes on sale and can offer diagnosis in 15 minutes

Britain: The world’s first HIV self-testing kit based on a pinprick of blood is launched on Monday and can tell you in 15 minutes whether you have the virus.

The test is more than 99.7% accurate and could help identify the estimated 26,000 people in Britain who are infected but don’t know it.

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