TUESDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1989
10
FOUR NEW AIDS CASES CONFIRMED
* * *
TO BE SUFFERING FOR THE
FOUR MORE FEOPLE IN HONG KONG WERE CONFIRMED FROM ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS). A SPOKESMAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY},
BE INFECTED THE OTHER TWO
OF THESE, TWO PATIENTS HAVE EARLIER BEEN FOUND TO WITH THE VIRUS AND HAVE NOW DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS. WHILE ARE NEW CASES.
THE FOUR PATIENTS,
ALL MALE.
HAD CONTRACTED
THE DISEASE
SEXUALLY.
THIS BRINGS TO 29 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED AIDS
AND THE AWAY DATE. OF THESE PATIENTS. 15 HAD PASSED RECEIVING COUNSELLING AND TREATMENT.
OTHER
CASES то 14 ARE
RELEASING THE STATISTICS ON
AIDS THE
SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME PERSONS WERE
FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. THE SPOKESMAN SAID SIX MORE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST.
CARRIERS.
THEY INCLUDED THE TWO NEW
AIDS CASES AND FOUR ASYMPTOMATIC
WHO WERE
THE FIGURE BRINGS TO 161 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS INFECTED BY THE AIDS VIRUS.
CARRIERS. 55
ONE WAS AN WERE HAEMOPHILIACS, OF THE 161
ATTENDED SOCIAL HYGIENE INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSER. 16 WERE FEOPLE WHO
AND CLINICS. 51 WERE PATIENTS FROM GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS 38 WERE REFERRALS FROM PRIVATE DOCTORS AND SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS.
1985. IN
STARTED BY THE FORMER BLOOD TOTAL A
OF 140.054
UNDER THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SPECIMENS HAD BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.
BLOOD
MEANWHILE. THE HONG KONG RED CROSS HAS ALSO SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS,
TRANSFUSION SERVICE
UP TO SEPTEMBER. A TOTAL OF 618.887 UNITS TESTED AND NINE WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
OF BLOOD HAD BEEN
/AIDS VIRUS ******