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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1993

MS TSUI SAID

CEPAIDS WOULD ALSO PARTICIPATE

AT THE HEALTH

EDUCATION CARNIVAL ORGANISED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 21.

"IN ORDER TO BETTER INFORM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT VARIOUS ACTIVITIES RELATED TO AIDS PREVENTION ORGANISED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, CEPAIDS WILL LIAISE WITH VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS AND COMPILE AND RELEASE A MASTER DIARY OF EVENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS," SHE SAID.

MS TSUI HOPED THAT THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE MASTER DIARY COULD BE RELEASED IN MAY.

ORGANISATIONS THAT PLAN

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HOLD AIDS PREVENTION RELATED ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT CEPAIDS' PUBLICITY WORKING GROUP ON 842 8842 TO SUPPLY INFORMATION FOR THE COMPILATION OF THE MASTER DIARY.

SEVEN MORE HIV INFECTED CASES CONFIRMED

TO

A TOTAL OF SEVEN PERSONS, SIX MEN AND ONE WOMAN, WERE FOUND BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST LAST MONTH (DECEMBER), BRINGING THE NUMBER OF HIV INFECTED PERSONS IN HONG KONG TO 337.

SPEAKING AT A MONTHLY MEDIA SESSION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN (SPECIAL PREVENTIVE PROGRAMME), DR S S LEE, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT ONE HIV INFECTED PERSON HAD ALSO BEEN CONFIRMED AS AIDS PATIENT DURING THE MONTH.

THIS BRINGS TO 73 CONFIRMED AIDS CASES WITH 47 DEATHS. THE 26 OTHERS ARE EITHER UNDER COUNSELLING AND TREATMENT OR HAVE LEFT THE TERRITORY.

OF THE 337 HIV INFECTED, 61 WERE HAEMOPHILIACS, 236 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION SEXUALLY, SEVEN WERE INTRAVENOUS DRUG USERS, AND THREE ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSION BEFORE 1985 WHEN HIV ANTIBODY TEST WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

FOR THE REMAINING 30, THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE WAS FOR CLASSIFICATION.

INADEQUATE

1985,

A

UNDER THE HIV SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED IN TOTAL OF 257,433 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, 1,185,054 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED AND 26 DONORS WERE FOUND POSITIVE.

/AIDS VIRUG

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