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Monday, November 29, 2010

373 Singaporeans infected with HIV in first 10 months of 2010

Via Xinhua :

" SINGAPORE, Nov. 28 : About 373 Singaporeans were infected with HIV from January to October this year, bringing the total number of HIV cases in Singapore to 4,777, Singapore TV Channel NewsAsia reported on Sunday.

Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) said it expects the total number of new HIV cases for this year to come close to that of last year's figure of 463.

Of the 169 cases reported between January and June this year, about 60 percent of the cases had late-stage HIV infection. And of these, about 90 percent were men and the rest, women."

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