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TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1989

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ONE MORE AIDS DEATH REPORTED

(ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY OF AIDS DEATHS IN THE

NUMBER

ONE MORE PERSON HAS DIED OF AIDS SYNDROME), BRINGING TO 15 THE TOTAL TERRITORY TO DATE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).

RELEASING THE

MONTHLY

THE ON

SAID

STATISTICS

AIDS SURVEILLANCE DEPARTMENT

PERSON ANOTHER

WAS PROGRAMME, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE

NUMBER OF CONFIRMED TO BE SUFFERING FROM AIDS. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL AIDS CASES TO 25.

THE PATIENT IN THE NEWLY REPORTED AIDS CASE IS ACQUIRED THE DISEASE SEXUALLY,

A MAN AND HE

THE SPOKESMAN SAID DURING THE MONTH OF JULY, FIVE MORE

HIV ANTIBODY WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER TO 152.

TEST, BRINGING

PERSONS THE

OF THE 152

CARRIERS.

55 WERE

INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSER, 15

ONE WAS AN SOCIAL HYGIENE AND CLINICS AND

HAEMOPHILIACS, WERE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED CLINICS, 47 WERE PATIENTS FROM GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS 34 WERE REFERRALS FROM PRIVATE DOCTORS AND SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS.

BLOOD

UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STARTED BY THE FORMER

OF 134,573 AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN 1985, A TOTAL HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.

MEDICAL SPECIMENS

MEANWHILE, THE HONG KONG RED CROSS HAS ALSO SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.

BLOOD TRANSFUSION

SERVICE

UP TO LAST MONTH, A TOTAL OF 593,711 UNITS OF TESTED AND NINE WERE FOUND POSITIVE.

BLOOD HAD BEEN

/AIDS VIRUS