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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1988
DURING THE QUARTER THE NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS FOR COMMISSION
OF
28.2 OF CRIME BY RECENT ARRIVALS AVERAGED 2.3 PER DAY, A DECREASE PERCENT COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND 48.9 PERCENT OVER SAME QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.
THE
WHEN EXPRESSED
AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL PERSONS PROSECUTED, RECENT ARRIVALS ACCOUNTED FOR 2.3 PERCENT THIRD QUARTER. THE CORRESPONDING FIGURE IN THE PREVIOUS
NUMBER
OF
IN THE
QUARTER
WAS
3.1 PERCENT.
TWO MORE AIDS PATIENTS CONFIRMED
*
THAT TWO MORE AIDS
THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT
(ACQUIRED IMMUNE
TODAY DEFICIENCY
(THURSDAY) CONFIRMED SYNDROME) PATIENTS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN HONG KONG.
THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS REPORTED TO 15. NOW, 11 OF THE PATIENTS HAVE DIED, INCLUDING ONE FEMALE PATIENT.
UP
TO
THE TWO NEW PATIENTS ARE MALE ONE ACQUIRED THE VIRUS THROUGH
THE OTHER ACQUIRED TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD PRODUCTS, AND
DISEASE
SEXUALLY.
RELEASING THE
THE
ON THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT 90
MONTHLY STATISTICS PROGRAMME FOR OCTOBER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FAR 113 CARRIERS HAVE BEEN DETECTED, EXCLUDING THE 15 PATIENTS.
STARTED THE
PROGRAMME SURVEILLANCE
TO
THE DEPARTMENT HAS MONITOR THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE SINCE 1985.
INCLUDING GROUPS AND SEXUALLY PROMISCUOUS
UNDER THE PROGRAMME, CERTAIN HIGH RISK
INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSERS HAEMOPHILIACS, PEOPLE ARE TESTED FOR THE HIV ANTIBODIES.
A TOTAL OF 108,794 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TESTED SO FAR AND FOUND POSITIVE.
THESE 128 PERSONS COMPRISE 53 HAEMOPHILIACS,
HYGIENE CLINICS, 34 PATIENTS ATTENDED THE SOCIAL
AND 29 REFERRALS FROM HOSPITALS AND CLINICS SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS.
128 ARE
12 PATIENTS WHO FROM GOVERNMENT
PRIVATE DOCTORS AND
TRANSFUSION
RED CROSS BLOOD AIDS. UP HAD BEEN TESTED AND
TO OCTOBER SEVEN WERE
AT THE SAME TIME, THE HONG KONG SERVICE HAS ALSO SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR THIS YEAR, 474,939 UNITS OF BLOOD FOUND TO BE POSITIVE.
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