Ministry of Health issues statement on HIV cases

T TV Sunday 08/December/2019 08:05 AM
By: Times News Service

The Ministry of Health has issued a clarification on HIV infected registered cases in Oman.

The Ministry denied what was stated by the National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI), on Twitter about AIDS cases.

“Ministry would like to clarify that these figures are for 2017 and not for 2018 and that they reflect the number of cases of HIV infection recorded in the Ministry of Health from 1984 to 2017, that is, the cumulative number includes all the previous years.” - Ministry of Health

The Ministry calls on all to ensure the correctness and manner of formulation and transmission of information, and to rely on reliable and key sources.