MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1988
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TWO AIDS CARRIERS IN SEPTEMBER
TWO MORE PERSONS WERE FOUND TO BE AIDS DEFICIENCY SYNDROME) INFECTED IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.
(ACQUIRED IMMUNE
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE LATEST MONTHLY STATISTICS ON THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME BY THE MEDICAL & HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY
(MONDAY).
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CARRIERS OF THE DEADLY VIRUS NOW STANDS AT 127, AND OUT OF WHICH 52 ARE HAEMOPHILIACS.
THERE WAS NO NEW CONFIRMED AIDS PATIENT IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS REPORTED SO FAR REMAINS AT 13. TWO OF THE PATIENTS ARE STILL ALIVE AND UNDER THE CARE OF THE AIDS COUNSELLING CLINIC.
THE DEPARTMENT STARTED THE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME 1985 TO MONITOR THE AIDS SITUATION IN HONG KONG.
ON AIDS IN
SO FAR, 105,561 TESTS HAD BEEN CONDUCTED ON THE HIGH RISK GROUPS INCLUDING HAEMOPHILIACS WHO USE BLOOD PRODUCTS, DRUG ABUSERS WHO USE NEEDLES AND PEOPLE WHO ARE PROMISCUOUS.
ALTOGETHER 127 PEOPLE WERE FOUND TO BE INFECTED BY THE AIDS VIRUS AND 21 OF THEM WERE DETECTED THIS YEAR.
THE HONG KONG BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE HAS NOT FOUND ANY INFECTED BLOOD AMONG ITS BLOOD DONORS IN SEPTEMBER. A TOTAL OF 12,515 UNITS OF BLOOD WERE SCREENED IN THE MONTH.
SINCE AUGUST 1985, 463,607 UNITS OF BLOOD AND ONLY SEVEN UNITS WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE.
HAD BEEN SCREENED
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/AIDS Virus
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