Minister told A.I.D.S. cases will double
Political reporter
If present trends continue New Zealand will have 500 A.I.D.S. cases by 1991, according to the briefing papers for the new Minister of Health, Mr Caygill.
But this figure was disputed by Mr Caygill, who said Government
programmes would prevent that number’s being approached. The papers said A.I.D.S. presented a serious threat to the health of all countries. Its magnitude required a concerted and co-ordinated effort. New Zealand’s physical isolation had created a time-lag before the first cases had appeared here,
but 253 people had been identified as having A.I.D.S. anti-bodies and there had been;. 45 reported cases of full-blown A.1.D.5., 21 of whom had died. Five had gone overseas. The international experience was that the number of reported cases doubled annually, the papers said.
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