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THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1990
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HIV CARRIERS WHO HAVE NOT YET DEVELOPED AIDS WAS 145 AT THE END OF MAY. OF THESE, 52 WERE HAEMOPHILIACS, 76 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION SEXUALLY, THREE WERE DRUG ABUSERS, THREE ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND THE INFORMATION FOR THE OTHER 11 WAS INADEQUATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
UNDER THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STARTED IN 1985, A TOTAL OF 160,598 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.
THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.
SERVICE HAS ALSO
UP TO LAST MONTH, 725,507 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD 12 WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
BEEN TESTED
AND
/AIDS VIRUS
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