Since 2014 the government has been encouraging those with HIV/AIDS to turn to traditional Chinese medicine to better cope with their condition. Like other Chinese provinces, Zhejiang faces a rising number (pdf, p. 7) of HIV infections. The health bureau's report did not reveal how many other patients might have been exposed, or explain how the infected patients would be treated. Four days later a report from Zhejiang province highlighted the need for such measures. Last year it reported over 4,000 new cases, a 5.7% increase over 2015, and it recorded more than 27,000 cases (link in Chinese) overall as of last October.
Chinese boy infected with HIV after blood transfusion wins compensation battle ... but his parents want moreChina's government is stepping up its efforts to contain the spread of HIV. The virus was spread from a patient who is already HIV positive through the shared use of needles, according to the health authority. A member of the medical staff at a Chinese hospital violated procedure by reusing hypodermic needles on patients, infecting at least five people with HIV as a result, a provincial health authority said in a statement on its website. China's central Henan province was at the centre of a huge scandal in the 1990s after thousands were infected with HIV after selling their blood at unsanitary clinics. Five officials at the hospital have been sacked, including its president and executive vice-president, the statement added.
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