40 locations prone to AIDS

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The health training center chief in Irian Jaya, Sandjaja, announced yesterday there are 40 locations in the province prone to the spread of AIDS.

Ten of the 40 locations are in Jayapura regency, eight in Merauke, four respectively in Fak-Fak, Jayawijaya, Biak Numfor and Manokwari, three in Sorong and two in Paniai, he said.

Antara quoted Sandjadja as saying that those locations are classified as dangerous because they consist mainly of tourist sites and borderline areas with a number of hookers localized in various centers.

The agency reported that 63 local people have been infected with HIV in Irian Jaya. Fifty of the 63 are foreign fishermen. (yns)