TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1990
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ONE MORE AIDS CASE CONFIRMED
ONE MORE CASE OF AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME) HAS BEEN CONFIRMED, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AIDS CASES IN HONG KONG TO 37, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY
(TUESDAY).
THE NEW PATIENT DIED LAST MONTH SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS CONFIRMED TO BE SUFFERING FROM THE DISEASE.
THIS BRINGS TO 22 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PASSED AWAY WHILE 15 OTHER PATIENTS ARE TREATMENT.
AIDS PATIENTS WHO HAD UNDER COUNSELLING AND
RELEASING THE MONTHLY STATISTICS ON THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID FOUR MORE MEN WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTI-BODY TEST.
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THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HIV CARRIERS WHO HAVE NOT YET DEVELOPED AIDS WAS 145 AT THE END OF APRIL. OF THESE, 53 WERE HAEMOPHILIACS, ACQUIRED THE INFECTION SEXUALLY, THREE WERE DRUG ABUSERS, THRER ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND THE INFORMATION FOR THE OTHER 11 WAS INADEQUATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
UNDER THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED IN 1985, A TOTAL OF 157,732 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.
THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD
SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.
TRANSFUSION SERVICE HAS ALSO
UP TO LAST MONTH, 711,636 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED AND 10 WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
/AIDS VIRUS
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