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TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1990

FULLY

"THE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. NO DOUBT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.

METHODOLOGY UNDER U.S. "WE DO FEEL THAT THE CALCULATIONS AND

NOT REALISTIC. WE WILL LEGISLATION HAVE PRODUCED RESULTS WHICH ARE

AND THE COMPANIES CONTINUE TO BE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE INDUSTRY

THEM EVERY ASSISTANCE. IF IT UNDER, INVESTIGATION, OFFERING

COULD PROVE USEFUL WE WILL TAKE ISSUES UP WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

"WE MUST HOPE THE FINAL RESULTS SHOW THAT NO DUMPING HAS PLACE, MR JACKSON SAID.

TAKEN

NO NEW AIDS CASES IN APRIL

SYNDROME)

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY

REMAINS CASES IN HONG KONG

AT 36 TO DATE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

WHO WAS HOWEVER, ONE OF THE AIDS PATIENTS, SUFFERING FROM THE DISEASE IN 1988, DIED THIS MONTH.

то CONFIRMED

BE

THIS BRINGS TO 21 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS WHO HAD PASSED AWAY WHILE 15 OTHER PATIENTS ARE STILL UNDER COUNSELLING AND TREATMENT.

SAID

RELEASING THE MONTHLY STATISTICS ON THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT

TEST. HE ONE MORE MAN WAS FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTI-BODY IS A HAEMOPHILIAC.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HIV CARRIERS WHO HAVE NOT YET DEVELOPED

141. AIDS IS

OF THESE, 53 WERE HARMOPHILIACS, 71 ACQUIRED THE

THREE WERE INFECTION SEXUALLY,

DRUG

THREE ABUSERS,

ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND THE INFORMATION FOR THE 11 WAS INADEQUATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.

UNDER THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STARTED IN 1985, A OF 155,333 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.

OTHER

TOTAL

THE HONG KONG RED CROSS

BLOOD TRANSFUSION

SERVICE HAS

MONTH,

699,601

ALSO UNITS

SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS. UP TO LAST OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED AND 10 WERF POUND POSITIVE.

/AIDS VIRUS, ••