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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1989
WITH THE LATEST ADDITION OF THREE
ASYMPTOMATIC CARRIERS, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS INFRUTED BY THE AIDS VIRUS NOW STANDS AT 164.
OF THE 164 CARRIERS, 55 WERE HARMOPHILIACS, ONE WAS AN INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSER, 17 WERE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED SOCIAL HYGIENE CLINICS, 52 WERE PATIENTS FROM GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AND 39 WERE REFERRALS FROM PRIVATE DOCTORS AND SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS.
UNDER THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STARTED IN 1985, A TOTAL OF 142,759 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAD BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.
MEANWHILE, THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE HAS ALSO SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.
UP TO OCTOBER, A TOTAL OF 631,807 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED AND NINE WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
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