Porn industry in HIV scare

ADULT movie producers in the US have agreed to shut down film sets for several weeks after two performers tested positive for HIV.

At least 45 men and women were under voluntary quarantine because they had sex with the HIV-positive performers or their sex partners, said Sharon Mitchell of the non-profit Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation in California.

The first performer to test positive, whom Ms Mitchell declined to name, was “conscientious” about having HIV tests every three weeks, she said. On April 9 he tested positive for HIV and a follow-up test on Monday confirmed it.