Cambodia village reports mass HIV/AIDS infection
17 Dec 2014 12:41 AM GMT
Cambodian health authorities on Tuesday said more than 80 people - including children and the elderly - who tested positive for HIV/AIDS in a single remote village may have been infected by contaminated needles.Hundreds of panicked residents of the village in Battambang province in the country’s west have flocked to a health centre for testing since news of the mass infection emerged last week, with a total of 82 having been confirmed as being infected.
“Of 556 people tested, 72 of them came back positive for HIV/AIDS,” Teng Kunthy, Secretary General of the National AIDS Authority, told AFP, adding that 14 of the people infected were children. ”This is a higher rate than usual... It may be caused by the use of the same tools such as needles,” he said.
“Of 556 people tested, 72 of them came back positive for HIV/AIDS,” Teng Kunthy, Secretary General of the National AIDS Authority, told AFP, adding that 14 of the people infected were children. ”This is a higher rate than usual... It may be caused by the use of the same tools such as needles,” he said.
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