TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1990
FULLY
"THE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. NO DOUBT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
METHODOLOGY UNDER U.S. "WE DO FEEL THAT THE CALCULATIONS AND
NOT REALISTIC. WE WILL LEGISLATION HAVE PRODUCED RESULTS WHICH ARE
AND THE COMPANIES CONTINUE TO BE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE INDUSTRY
THEM EVERY ASSISTANCE. IF IT UNDER, INVESTIGATION, OFFERING
COULD PROVE USEFUL WE WILL TAKE ISSUES UP WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
"WE MUST HOPE THE FINAL RESULTS SHOW THAT NO DUMPING HAS PLACE, MR JACKSON SAID.
TAKEN
NO NEW AIDS CASES IN APRIL
SYNDROME)
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY
REMAINS CASES IN HONG KONG
AT 36 TO DATE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
WHO WAS HOWEVER, ONE OF THE AIDS PATIENTS, SUFFERING FROM THE DISEASE IN 1988, DIED THIS MONTH.
то CONFIRMED
BE
THIS BRINGS TO 21 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS WHO HAD PASSED AWAY WHILE 15 OTHER PATIENTS ARE STILL UNDER COUNSELLING AND TREATMENT.
SAID
RELEASING THE MONTHLY STATISTICS ON THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT
TEST. HE ONE MORE MAN WAS FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTI-BODY IS A HAEMOPHILIAC.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HIV CARRIERS WHO HAVE NOT YET DEVELOPED
141. AIDS IS
OF THESE, 53 WERE HARMOPHILIACS, 71 ACQUIRED THE
THREE WERE INFECTION SEXUALLY,
DRUG
THREE ABUSERS,
ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND THE INFORMATION FOR THE 11 WAS INADEQUATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
UNDER THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STARTED IN 1985, A OF 155,333 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.
OTHER
TOTAL
THE HONG KONG RED CROSS
BLOOD TRANSFUSION
SERVICE HAS
MONTH,
699,601
ALSO UNITS
SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS. UP TO LAST OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED AND 10 WERF POUND POSITIVE.
/AIDS VIRUS, ••