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New HIV cases soar in April-June The number of new infections of the AIDS virus in Japan hit a new high of 248 in the three-month period from April to June this year, the Health Ministry said Aug. 23. It was the highest increase since 209 people were found to be infected in the July-September period in 2004, said ministry official Yasuaki Hashimoto. A ministry statement on the figures did not specify a cause for the increase, but suggested the wider availability of testing for HIV, the AIDS virus, could account for a marked increase in infections among middle-aged people. The number of people infected with HIV in Japan -- 17,000 -- remains low compared to many other countries. The infection rate in Japan is 1 in 7,529 people, compared to the 1-to-110 infection rate in Thailand, according to UNAIDS, a U.N. body.
The Japan Times Weekly: Sept. 2, 2006 |
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