Shanghai had reported a total of 1,506 cases of HIV infection up to November 20 this year, with 164 AIDS patients and a total of 77 deaths from AIDS, according to a work conference on AIDS prevention yesterday.
As part of a move to create a healthy city, prevention against AIDS should be enhanced by all local residential communities, with stricter monitoring and inspection. Scientific research on AIDS prevention should also be stepped-up to help counter the disease, Shanghai Vice-Mayor Yang Xiaodu said at the conference.