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TWO MORE AIDS CASES CONFIRMED
TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1989-
TWO MORE
PEOPLE IN HONG KONG HAD BEEN CONFIRMED то BR SUFFERING FROM AIDS ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME), AND ONE HAD SINCE DIED, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE DEPARTMENT SAID BOTH PATIENTS WERE MALE AND HAD CONTRACTED THE DISEASE SEXUALLY.
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THIS BRINGS TO 24 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AIDS CASES REPORTED THE TERRITORY, FOURTEEN OF THE PATIENTS HAVE DIED WHILE THE OTHER 10 ARE UNDER TREATMENT AND COUNSELLING.
RELEASING THE MONTHLY STATISTICS ON THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE THE LATEST MALE VICTIM HAD BEEN ONE OF TWO PERSONS WHO TESTED POSITIVE IN THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST AND THESE TWO ADDITIONS HAD BROUGHT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CARRIERS RECORDED TO 147.
THE MAN WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DIAGNOSED IN JULY AS HAVING AIDS, AND RECORDED AS THE TERRITORY'S 23RD CASE.
THE OTHER NEW CARRIER WAS ALSO A MAN, WHO HAD CONTRACTED THE INFECTION SEXUALLY.
OF THE 147 CARRIERS, 54 WERE HAEMOPHILIACS, ONE WAS AN INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSER, 15 WERE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED SOCIAL HYGIENE CLINICS, 14 WERE PATIENTS FROM GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AND 33 WERE REFERRALS FROM PRIVATE DOCTORS AND SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS.
UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STARTED BY THE FORMER MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN 1985, A TOTAL OF 131,871 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.
MEANWHILE, THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD HAD ALSO SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.
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UP TO LAST MONTH, A TOTAL OF 580,747 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED AND NINE WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
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