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On disease control, Dr Grandison said licensees should take all possible precautions to prevent the occurrence or spread of any infectious or contagious disease in any animals kept in the licensed premises.
He stressed that the additional conditions and the AFD-provided notice depicting the vaccination requirement must be prominently displayed along with the animal trading licence within the premises.
In addition, a second copy of the notice should be displayed in a prominent position at the entrance to the shop.
End Thursday, December 29, 1994
Eight more HIV-infected cases confirmed
Two women and six men were found to be positive for the HIV Antibody test last month, the Department of Health amounced today (Thursday).
This brings the number of HIV-infected persons in Hong Kong to 513.
Five new AIDS cases were reported during the month.
The total number of confirmed AIDS cases is 127 with 72 deaths reported.
Of the 513 HIV-infected, 189 acquired the infection through homosexual or bisexual sex and 206 through heterosexual sex; 11 were injecting drug users; one was a mother-to-child transmission around the time of birth; and 66 acquired the infection through contaminated blood or blood products before 1985 when HIV Antibody test and safe heat treated clotting concentrates were not available.
As for the remaining 40, the information available was inadequate for classification.