Shanghai sees a huge jump in AIDS cases
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - The number of newly reported AIDS cases and HIV infections has jumped 70 percent from last year in Shanghai, China’s largest city, the government said Wednesday.
The 621 new HIV/AIDS cases reported through Nov. 20 of this year brought Shanghai’s total to 2,216, of whom 97 have died, said an official at the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Like many Chinese bureaucrats, the official refused to give his name. He referred questions to a report issued Tuesday that showed Shanghai, a city of more than 20 million, recorded 370 new HIV/AIDS cases last year.
More than 80 percent of the new cases were among migrants from other parts of China, the report said. Most cases were contracted through intravenous drug use.
Unprotected sex was the main transmission route for long-term Shanghai residents. (more…)
