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7
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1989
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THEY ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE; THE PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION AT LI FOOK LAM INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE, ON CHEUNG ROAD; AND THE TAI PO JOCKEY CLUB SWIMMING POOL IN ON PONG ROAD.
LI FOOK
COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE LAM INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE EITHER BY POST OR IN PERSON BY OCTOBER 7,
TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE ON 0-6568661.
NO NEW AIDS CASES IN AUGUST
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY
AT 25 TO DATE, A SPOKESMAN CASES IN HONG KONG REMAINED DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SYNDROME
FOR THE
ON THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE RELEASING THE MONTHLY STATISTICS
THREE MORE PROGRAMME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, PERSONS, ALL MEN, WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER TO 155.
OF THE 155
CARRIERS.
WERE HAEMOPHILIACS,
ONE
WAS AN 55 INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSER, 15 WERE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED SOCIAL HYGIENE AND CLINICS AND CLINICS, 49 WERE PATIENTS FROM GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS 35 WERE REFERRALS FROM PRIVATE DOCTORS AND SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS.
UNDER THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME
IN
1985. A MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SPECIMENS HAD BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.
STARTED BY THE FORMER
OF TOTAL
BLOOD 137,333
BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE
UNITS OF BLOOD HAD
BEEN
MEANWHILE, THE HONG KONG RED CROSS HAS ALSO BEEN SCREENING ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.
OF
606,971
UP TO AUGUST. A TOTAL TESTED AND NINE WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
/AIDS VIRUS