TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1991
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FOUR MORE AIDS CASES CONFIRMED
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FOUR MORE
MEN WERE CONFIRMED (ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME), ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).
ΤΟ BE SUFFERING FROM AIDS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AIDS CASES IN HONG KONG TO 53. THREE OF THE NEW AIDS PATIENTS ACQUIRED THE DISEASE SEXUALLY WHILE THE OTHER IS A HARMOPHILIAN.
SO FAR, 36 AIDS PATIENTS HAVE PASSED AWAY WHILE 17 OTHERS ARE EITHER UNDER COUNSELLING AND TREATMENT OR HAVE LEFT HONG KONG.
RELEASING THE MONTHLY STATISTICS ON AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME FOR MAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID NINE MORE MEN WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST, BRINGING ΤΟ 180 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HIV CARRIERS WHO HAVE NOT YET DEVELOPED AIDS.
OF THESE, 53 WERK HARMOPHILIACS, 105
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SEXUALLY, FOUR WERE DRUG ARUSERS, THREE
ACQUIRED THE INFECTION ACQUIRED THE INFECTION
THROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND THE INFORMATION FOR THE OTHER 15 WAS INADEQUATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
UNDER THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED IN 1985, A TOTAL OF 195,606 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.
THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD
SCREENED ALL BLOOD BONORS FOR AIDS.
TRANSFUSION SERVICE
HAS ALSO
UP TO MAY, 898,255 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED OF WHICH 16 WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
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