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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1992

11 MORE HIV INFECTED CASES CONFIRMED

A TOTAL OF 11 MEN WERE FOUND ΤΟ BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST LAST MONTH (OCTOBER), BRINGING THE NUMBER OF HIV INFECTED PERSONS IN HONG KONG TO 328.

OF HEALTH'S

SPEAKING AT A MONTHLY MEDIA BRIEFING, THE DEPARTMENT

CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN (SPECIAL PREVENTIVE PROGRAMME), DR S S LEE, SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT ONE OF THE NEW HTV INFECTED PERSONS HAD ALSO BEEN CONFIRMED AS AIDS PATIENT DURING THE MONTH.

IN ADDITION, ONE AIDS PATIENT DIED IN THE SAME MONTH.

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THIS BRINGS TO 70 CONFIRMED AIDS CASES WITH 45 DEATHS. 25 OTHERS ARE EITHER UNDER COUNSELLING AND TREATMENT OR HAVE LEFT THE TERRITORY,

OF THE 328 HIV INFECTED, 61 WERE HAEMOPHILIACS, 227 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION SEXUALLY, SIX WERE DRUG ABUSERS, AND THREE ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSION BEFORE 1985 WHEN HIV ANTIBODY TEST WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

FOR THE REMAINING 31, THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE WAS INADEQUATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.

UNDER THE HIV SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED IN 1985, A TOTAL OF 251,850 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY.

THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.

SERVICE HAS ALSO

UP TO LAST MONTH, 1,155,936 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED AND 26 DONORS WERE FOUND POSITIVE.

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