HIV/AIDS spreading in Beijing, experts say
By Cyril Li |
June 23, 2010, Wednesday
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AN increase in the number of students and people over 60 in Beijing with HIV/AIDS indicates a tendency for the disease to spread from groups at high risk to the general population, it was said yesterday.
The city had a total of 7,672 cases of HIV carriers and AIDS patients by last month, said Deng Ying, director of the Beijing Center of Disease Control and Prevention.
No details of the numbers of students or older people affected were released.
Out-of-towners accounted for nearly 75 percent of cases, Deng said. Most of Beijing's new cases this year, more than 76 percent of the total, were via sexual contact, compared with 41 percent of 2006.
Nearly half the new sexually transmitted cases were among male homosexuals, compared to 23 percent five years ago.
Experts proposed condoms be made available in every hotel room and recreation facility including night clubs, ballrooms and sauna parlors, and at any building site with more than 500 workers.
Just a few months ago, the Chinese government announced the lifting of the 20-year-old ban on entry for foreigners with HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases and leprosy.
A statement by the State Council said that after gaining more knowledge about the diseases, it was realized that such bans had a very limited effect in preventing and controlling them. They had, instead, caused inconvenience when hosting various international activities.
The city had a total of 7,672 cases of HIV carriers and AIDS patients by last month, said Deng Ying, director of the Beijing Center of Disease Control and Prevention.
No details of the numbers of students or older people affected were released.
Out-of-towners accounted for nearly 75 percent of cases, Deng said. Most of Beijing's new cases this year, more than 76 percent of the total, were via sexual contact, compared with 41 percent of 2006.
Nearly half the new sexually transmitted cases were among male homosexuals, compared to 23 percent five years ago.
Experts proposed condoms be made available in every hotel room and recreation facility including night clubs, ballrooms and sauna parlors, and at any building site with more than 500 workers.
Just a few months ago, the Chinese government announced the lifting of the 20-year-old ban on entry for foreigners with HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases and leprosy.
A statement by the State Council said that after gaining more knowledge about the diseases, it was realized that such bans had a very limited effect in preventing and controlling them. They had, instead, caused inconvenience when hosting various international activities.
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