Two people have been exposed to HIV after the Japanese Red Cross Society failed to detect a contaminated donation.<br /><br />A man with HIV gave blood this month, shortly being diagnosed as a with the virus following a blood test.<br /><br />After a person is infected with HIV it takes about eight weeks for the body to produce antibodies. An HIV test can only detect the infection once the antibodies have been produced.<br /><br />The infected donor gave blood regularly giving the HIV-positive blood eight weeks to slip through the testing regime. <br /><br />The Japanese Red Cross Society says two people were administered the HIV-infected blood.<br /><br />According to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the blood's donor was concerned he may be HIV positive. He believed he would be informed if his blood test returned a positive result. The Ministry is looking into whether any more patients have been infected.<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />TomoNews is your daily source for top animated news. We've combined animation and video footage with a snarky personality to bring you the biggest and best stories from around the world.<br /><br />For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:<br />https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Stay connected with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/TomoNewsUS
