The number of homosexual and bisexual men contracting HIV hit a new high in 2011, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) reported Thursday.
The agency said reported cases had increased year-on-year since 2007, calling it a “worrying” trend.
Around half of the 6,280 people diagnosed in 2011 were men who had had sex with other men.
Valerie Delpech, the HPA’s head of HIV surveillance, told the BBC: “Obviously this is a serious illness and it is worrying that we’re still seeing a lot in men who have sex with men and this is a record year.
“Transmission in the UK is largely sexual, so safe sex is the best way to prevent yourself getting HIV,” she added.
'Worrying' peak in HIV cases for gay men
