TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1989
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ONE MORE AIDS DEATH REPORTED
(ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY OF AIDS DEATHS IN THE
NUMBER
ONE MORE PERSON HAS DIED OF AIDS SYNDROME), BRINGING TO 15 THE TOTAL TERRITORY TO DATE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).
RELEASING THE
MONTHLY
THE ON
SAID
STATISTICS
AIDS SURVEILLANCE DEPARTMENT
PERSON ANOTHER
WAS PROGRAMME, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE
NUMBER OF CONFIRMED TO BE SUFFERING FROM AIDS. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL AIDS CASES TO 25.
THE PATIENT IN THE NEWLY REPORTED AIDS CASE IS ACQUIRED THE DISEASE SEXUALLY,
A MAN AND HE
THE SPOKESMAN SAID DURING THE MONTH OF JULY, FIVE MORE
HIV ANTIBODY WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER TO 152.
TEST, BRINGING
PERSONS THE
OF THE 152
CARRIERS.
55 WERE
INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSER, 15
ONE WAS AN SOCIAL HYGIENE AND CLINICS AND
HAEMOPHILIACS, WERE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED CLINICS, 47 WERE PATIENTS FROM GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS 34 WERE REFERRALS FROM PRIVATE DOCTORS AND SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS.
BLOOD
UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STARTED BY THE FORMER
OF 134,573 AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN 1985, A TOTAL HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.
MEDICAL SPECIMENS
MEANWHILE, THE HONG KONG RED CROSS HAS ALSO SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.
BLOOD TRANSFUSION
SERVICE
UP TO LAST MONTH, A TOTAL OF 593,711 UNITS OF TESTED AND NINE WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
BLOOD HAD BEEN
/AIDS VIRUS