TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1988
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NO AIDS CASE IN APRIL
NO NEW AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME) CARTIER PATIENT WAS REPORTED IN THE MONTH OF APRIL THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
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ON THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE THE AIDS VIRUS HAD
RELEASING THE LATEST STATISTICS PROGRAMME TODAY (TUESDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOUND TO BE INFECTEL BY REMAINED AT 118, INCLUDING THE 13 CONFIRMED CASES.
COMMENTING ON THE FIGURES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE NUMBER OF INFECTED PERSONS DETECTED 30 FAR UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMI13 PROBABLY REPRESENTED ONLY A PROPORTION OF THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF INFECTED PERSONS WHICH WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 1,300 IN HONG KONG.
"THIS ESTIMATE IS BASED ON OBSERVATIONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES THAT FOR EVERY CONFIRMED CASE THERE ARE ABOUT 100 INFECTED PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY.
"THE FACT THAT NO NEW AIDS CARRIER WAS FOUND IN APRIL DOES NOT IMPLY THAT AIDS IS NO LONGER A THREAT IN HONG KONG AND ST IS IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE QUR HEALTH EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE" THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED.
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OF THE 13 CONFIRMED AIDS CABES,' ELEVEN PATIENTS HAD DIED ONE OF THEM EARLY THIS MONTH. THE TWO SURVIVING PATIENTS ARE BOTH MALB AND ARE UNDER TREATMENT.
UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH WAS STARTED IN 1986 TO MONITOR THE AIDS SITUATION IN HONG KONG, A TOTAL OF 88,947 PERSONS HAVE BEEN TESTED.
THE HIGH RISK GROUPS COVERED IN THE PROGRAMME INCLUDE INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSERS, SEXUALLY PROMISCUOUS PERSONS AND PEOPLE WHO USE BLOOD PRODUCTS.
MEANWHILE, THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE ALSO CARRIED OUT TESTS FOR THE AIDS ANTIBODY ON 13,631 BLOOD DONORS IN APRIL, AND NONE OF THEM WAS POSITIVE.
THE RED CROSS STARTED ITS MASS SCREENING PROGRAMME ON ALL DONATED BLOOD IN AUGUST 1985 AND UP TO THE END OF APRIL, 401,012 UNITS OF BLOOD WERE TESTED WITH SIX SHOWING POSITIVE RESULTS.
الملا.
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