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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1988

DURING THE QUARTER THE NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS FOR COMMISSION

OF

28.2 OF CRIME BY RECENT ARRIVALS AVERAGED 2.3 PER DAY, A DECREASE PERCENT COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND 48.9 PERCENT OVER SAME QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.

THE

WHEN EXPRESSED

AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL PERSONS PROSECUTED, RECENT ARRIVALS ACCOUNTED FOR 2.3 PERCENT THIRD QUARTER. THE CORRESPONDING FIGURE IN THE PREVIOUS

NUMBER

OF

IN THE

QUARTER

WAS

3.1 PERCENT.

TWO MORE AIDS PATIENTS CONFIRMED

*

THAT TWO MORE AIDS

THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT

(ACQUIRED IMMUNE

TODAY DEFICIENCY

(THURSDAY) CONFIRMED SYNDROME) PATIENTS

HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN HONG KONG.

THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS REPORTED TO 15. NOW, 11 OF THE PATIENTS HAVE DIED, INCLUDING ONE FEMALE PATIENT.

UP

TO

THE TWO NEW PATIENTS ARE MALE ONE ACQUIRED THE VIRUS THROUGH

THE OTHER ACQUIRED TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD PRODUCTS, AND

DISEASE

SEXUALLY.

RELEASING THE

THE

ON THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT 90

MONTHLY STATISTICS PROGRAMME FOR OCTOBER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FAR 113 CARRIERS HAVE BEEN DETECTED, EXCLUDING THE 15 PATIENTS.

STARTED THE

PROGRAMME SURVEILLANCE

TO

THE DEPARTMENT HAS MONITOR THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE SINCE 1985.

INCLUDING GROUPS AND SEXUALLY PROMISCUOUS

UNDER THE PROGRAMME, CERTAIN HIGH RISK

INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSERS HAEMOPHILIACS, PEOPLE ARE TESTED FOR THE HIV ANTIBODIES.

A TOTAL OF 108,794 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TESTED SO FAR AND FOUND POSITIVE.

THESE 128 PERSONS COMPRISE 53 HAEMOPHILIACS,

HYGIENE CLINICS, 34 PATIENTS ATTENDED THE SOCIAL

AND 29 REFERRALS FROM HOSPITALS AND CLINICS SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS.

128 ARE

12 PATIENTS WHO FROM GOVERNMENT

PRIVATE DOCTORS AND

TRANSFUSION

RED CROSS BLOOD AIDS. UP HAD BEEN TESTED AND

TO OCTOBER SEVEN WERE

AT THE SAME TIME, THE HONG KONG SERVICE HAS ALSO SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR THIS YEAR, 474,939 UNITS OF BLOOD FOUND TO BE POSITIVE.

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