Four tested HIV positive

Four tested HIV positive

AMBON, Maluku: Local health officials recently registered four
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive people, Antara
reported yesterday.

Dr. D. Anatototy said two of them were waitresses in a local
bar while the other two were Thai fishermen working for a foreign
fishing company whose head office is in Tual regency. He said the
two women were probably infected through sexual contact with the
fishermen.

The two women were sent back to their hometown in East Java
last week, he said.

The number of people with HIV and Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS) is increasing. Earlier this month, the Ministry
of Health reported that the total number of people with the
condition was 390, an increase of 10 over the past month. (swe)