TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1991.
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NO NEW AIDS CASE SO FAR AUGUST
A
SPOKESMAN
SYNDROME) FOR THE
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY
REMAINS
54 TO DATE, AT CASES IN HONG KONG DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
16 OTHERS ARE
SO FAR, 38 AIDS PATIENTS HAVE PASSED AWAY WHILE EITHER UNDER COUNSELLING AND TREATMENT OR HAVE LEFT HONG KONG.
MONTHLY STATISTICS ON THE RELEASING THE
AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID FIVE MORE PERSONS INCLUDING A WOMAN WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST,
CARRIERS WHO HAVE NOT YET BRINGING TO 184 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HIV DEVELOPED AIDS.
110 THREE
THE ACQUIRED
INFECTION THE ACQUIRED
INFECTION THE OTHER 15 WAS
OF THESE, 52 WERE HAEMOPHILIACS,
ABUSERS, SEXUALLY,
WERE DRUG FOUR THROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND THE INFORMATION FOR INADEQUATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
UNDER THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED IN 1985, TOTAL OF 201,304 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.
A
THE HONG KONG RED CROSS SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.
BLOOD
TRANSFUSION SERVICE HAS
ALSO
UP TO THE MONTH OF JULY, 927,182 UNITS AND 16 WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
OF BLOOD WERE TESTED
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