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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1993

SAMPLES OF DRINKS TESTED

OF HORLICKS HEALTH TODAY

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES ON THE TESTING PRODUCT SAMPLES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF (TUESDAY) SAID NO GLASS SPLINTERS WERE FOUND IN THE SAMPLES COLLECTED.

HE SAID THE SAMPLES INCLUDED BOTH OVAL- AND ROUND-SHAPED

BOTTLES.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD ALSO CONFIRMED WITH THE HEALTH AUTHORITY IN SINGAPORE THAT THE HORLICKS PRODUCTS SUPPLIED BY THE COUNTRY FOR SALE IN HONG KONG WERE SAFE FOR CONSUMPTION.

SIX MORE MEN INFECTED WITH HIV

SIX MEN WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST LAST MONTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).

THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HIV-INFECTED PERSONS IN HONG KONG TO 395.

ONE AIDS CASE WAS REPORTED DURING THE MONTH.

WITH 60 DEATHS.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED AIDS CASES IS 90, THE 30 OTHERS ARE EITHER UNDER COUNSELLING OR HAVE LEFT THE TERRITORY.

OF THE 395 PERSONS INFECTED, 287 GOT THE INFECTION SEXUALLY, NINE WERE INTRAVENOUS DRUG-USERS, AND 65 GOT THE INFECTION THROUGH CONTAMINATED BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCTS BEFORE 1985 WHEN HIV ANTIBODY TEST AND SAFE HEAT-TREATED CLOTTING CONCENTRATES WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

FOR THE REMAINING 34, THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE WAS INADEQUATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.

SINCE THE HIV SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STARTED IN 1985, A TOTAL OF 282,230 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY,

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

UP то AUGUST THIS YEAR, 1,295,605 UNITS OF TESTED AND 27 DONORS WERE FOUND POSITIVE.

SERVICE HAS ALSO

BLOOD HAVE BEEN

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