Four deaths from AIDS

There were four deaths resulting from aids this year, Health Minister Louis Deguara told Parliament yesterday. Answering a question by Adrian Vassallo (MLP), Dr Deguara said there were a further three deaths from Hepatitis B and two from Legionnaire's...

There were four deaths resulting from aids this year, Health Minister Louis Deguara told Parliament yesterday.

Answering a question by Adrian Vassallo (MLP), Dr Deguara said there were a further three deaths from Hepatitis B and two from Legionnaire's disease.

Dr Deguara said that in the first 11 months of the year, there were six cases of AIDS, 238 of chickenpox, 184 of unspecified food-borne illnesses, 176 of gastroenteritis and 370 of novrovirus gastroenteritis.

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