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TUESDAY, JUNE 28. 1988
FOUR AIDS CARRIERS IN MAY
J
KONG WERE ANOTHER FOUR PERSONS IN HONG INFECTED BY THE AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY MAY.
FOUND TO
SYNDROME}
HAVE BEEN
VIRUS
IN
AND MEDICAL
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE DEPARTMENT WHEN IT RELEASED THE LATEST MONTHLY STATISTICS ON THE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME.
HEALTH AJDS
ARE
REMAINS AT 13 SURVIVING
AND
WITH UNDER
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED AIDS CASES NO NEW REPORTED CASES. TWO OF THE PATIENTS TREATMENT.
THE
THE THE
PROGRAMME SURVEILLANCE AIDS
IS
OUT CARRIED
BY DISEASE I.N HONG KONG. DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR THE SPREAD OF THE
ANTIBODY INCLUDE HIGH RISK GROUPS TESTED FOR THE HIV
HAEMOPHILIACS, INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSERS AND SEXUALLY PROMISCUOUS PEOPLE.
TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS INCLUDING
THE LATEST FIGURE BRINGS TO 122 THE FOUND TO BE INFECTED BY HIV (HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS), THE 13 CONFIRMED AIDS PATIENTS.
OF
92,457
SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE HIV SCREENING 1985, A TOTAL ANTIBODY.
PROGRAMME IN
PERSONS
HAVE BEEN
TESTED
FOR
APRIL, THE AIDS
THE OF
122
PERSONS
HAEMOPHILIACS, 31 WERE
CLINICS,
FOUND то
HIV POSITIVE, REFERRALS FROM GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS 28 WERE REFERRALS FROM PRIVATE AND SUBVENTED SECTORS
HYGIENE (SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED WERE PATIENTS OF THE SOCIAL CLINICS.
BE
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WERE AND AND 11 DISEASE)
SERVICE HAD UNITS
IN MAY, THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SCREENED A TOTAL OF 13,017 UNITS OF BLOOD AND NONE OF THE DONOR WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR HIV ANTIBODY.
SINCE THE
RED CROSS COMMENCED ITS SCREENING PROGRAMME OF
OF AIDS VIRUS IN AUGUST, DONATED BLOOD FOR THE PRESENCE
1985, A SIX OF THESE WERE TOTAL OF 414,029 BLOOD UNITS HAVE BEEN SCREENED. DETECTED TO BE POSITIVE FOR HIV ANTIBODY.
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