Health scare raises fears at UK tattoo parlour

Health officials in the UK are offering blood tests to people who had tattoos and body piercings at a tattoo parlour amid fears they could have contracted the HIV virus.

Health scare raises fears at UK tattoo parlour
Thu, 03 Jul, 2003 - 11:25

Health officials in the UK are offering blood tests to people who had tattoos and body piercings at a tattoo parlour amid fears they could have contracted the HIV virus.

NHS Tayside is contacting people who used the Piercing Point in Mains Road, Dundee, to offer precautionary blood tests for hepatitis B and C and HIV.

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