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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1992
FOUR MORE MEN INFECTED WITH HIV
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FOUR MEN WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST LAST MONTH (NOVEMBER), BRINGING THE NUMBER OF HIV-INFECTED PERSONS IN HONG KONG TO 332.
SPEAKING AT A MONTHLY MEDIA BRIEFING, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN (SPECIAL PREVENTIVE PROGRAMME), DR S S LEE, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT TWO HIV-INFECTED PERSONS HAD ALSO BEEN CONFIRMED AS AIDS PATIENTS DURING THE MONTH.
IN ADDITION, TWO AIDS PATIENTS DIED IN THE MONTH.
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THIS BRINGS TO 72 CONFIRMED AIDS CASES WITH 47 DEATHS. OTHER 25 ARE EITHER UNDER COUNSELLING AND TREATMENT OR HAVE LEFT THE
TERRITORY.
OF THE 332 HIV-INFECTED, 61 WERE HAEMOPHILIACS, 231 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION SEXUALLY, SIX WERE DRUG ABUSERS. AND THREE WERE INFECTED THROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSION BEFORE 1985 WHEN HIV ANTIBODY TEST WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
FOR THE REMAINING 31, THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE WAS INADEQUATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
UNDER THE HIV SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED IN 1985, A TOTAL OF 254,661 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY.
THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.
SERVICE HAS ALSO
UP TO LAST MONTH, 1,170,570 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED AND 26 DONORS WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
EIGHT CLINICS STAY OPEN ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCES THAT EIGHT GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS WILL STAY OPEN ON NEW YEAR'S DAY (FRIDAY).
THE EIGHT CLINICS ARE: THE VIOLET PEEL HEALTH CENTRE AND SHAU KEI WAN JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC ON HONG KONG ISLAND; KWUN TONG JOCKEY CLUB HEALTH CENTRE, THE ROBERT BLACK HEALTH CENTRE AND YAU MA ΤΕΙ JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC IN KOWLOON; THE LADY TRENCH POLYCLINIC, SHEK WU HUI JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC AND YUEN LONG JOCKEY CLUB HEALTH CENTRE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE CLINICS WILL BE OPEN FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM. ALL OTHER GENERAL OUT-PATIENT AND EVENING CLINICS WILL BE CLOSED.
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