AIDS cases do not exceed 400

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Thu, 2002-03-07 03:00

RIYADH, 7 March — The number of AIDS cases in the Kingdom has not exceeded 400 since the disease was first detected, said Dr. Yaaqub Mazroue, deputy minister of health. Speaking to Okaz daily, he denied reports that 350 people had tested HIV-positive last year. “The Kingdom is one of the least affected countries in the world by this killer disease,” Mazroue said, quoting a World Health Organization report.

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