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TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1990

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ONE MORE AIDS CASE CONFIRMED

IN HONG ANNOUNCED TODAY

IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME} ONE MORE CASE OF AIDS (ACQUIRED HAS BEEN CONFIRMED, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AIDS CASES KONG TU 38, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (TUESDAY).

AFTER SHORTLY JUNE PATIENT THE NEW

DIED IN CONFIRMED TO BE SUFFERING FROM THE DISEASE. IN ADDITION, AIDS PATIENTS DIED THIS MONTH (JULY).

HE HAD BREN THREE OTHER

SO FAR, A TOTAL OF 27 AIDS PATIENTS HAVE PASSED AWAY OTHERS ARE UNDER COUNSELLING AND TREATMENT.

RELEASING THE

WHILE 11

BAID

AIDB SURVEILLANCE STATISTICS ON THE MONTHLY PROGRAMME FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT FOUR MORE MEN WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST.

HAVE NOT YET DEVELOPED WERE HABMOPHILIACS, WERE DRUG ABUSERS, THREE THE INFORMATION

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HIV CARRIERS WHO AIDS WAS 149 AS AT THE END OF JUNE. OF THESE, 64 77 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION SEXUALLY, THREE ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND FOR THE OTHER 12 WAS INADEQUATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.

UNDER THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED IN 1985, TOTAL OF 163,303 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.

THE HONG KONG RED CROSS

BLOOD

SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.

A

TRANSFUSION

SERVICE HAS AL80

UP TO LAST MONTH, 738,632 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD 12 WERE FOUND POSITIVE.

BEEN TESTED AND

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