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Pandemic behind low HIV cases in city
From:Shanghai Daily  |  2020-12-02 08:29

SHANGHAI reported 1,482 new cases of HIV infection and 559 AIDS patients from January 1 to November 20.

The 25 percent reduction in both numbers from the same period in 2019 is the biggest in the past three years, Shanghai Health Commission said yesterday, World AIDS Day.

“The big reduction of HIV/AIDS cases is because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, which influences social activities, gatherings and business operations,” saidZhangHao, vice director of the commission. “But the overall tendency of HIV/AIDS in Shanghai is still on a rising curve, as we haven’t effectively blocked the spreading of the virus.”

Since Shanghai reported its first HIV carrier in 1987, there have been 25,972 people with the HIV virus, 8,917 AIDS patients and 2,207 deaths.

Men are still the majorinfectors of HIV in Shanghai, with 91.4 percent of new cases, the same as last year.

Sex continues to be the major transmission vehicle, with male-to-male transmission responsible for most cases. Sexual transmission was the cause for 97 percent of this year’s new HIV cases and 62.4 percent were due to male-to-male sexual behavior.

Infectorsaged 60 or older cover 10 percent of new cases, the same as last year. About 84 percent of cases in the elderly are male.

There have been no mother-to-infant infections in the city for 11 consecutive years. The 18 pregnant women detected with HIV this year have received proper treatment and no infected babies have been delivered.

Shanghai has been working hard to maintain a low prevalence of HIV/AIDS through public education, promoting condoms and self-test kits, enhancing early detection and reducing the risks of sexual transmission. Monitoring has been enhanced for nine types of people including prostitutes, drug users, male patients at sexually transmitted disease clinics and men who have sex with men.

All city and district-level centers for disease control and prevention and neighborhood health centers have established HIV/AIDS consultation and testing centers. A total of 105 comprehensive hospitals have launched trials to encourage patients at sexually transmitted disease clinics to be screened for HIV.

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