WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1: Government today recognised World Aids Day with a promise to keep fighting the disease.

There are currently 300 people with HIV on the Island.

Health Minister Zane DeSilva today read a proclamation marking World Aids Day from the steps of City Hall.

He said: “As the slogan for World Aids?Day continues to be ‘Stop Aids, Keep the Promise’ I do hereby renew this Government’s commitment to keeping the promise and I?urge everyone to continue to make every effort to stop the spread of HIV/Aids in our community.”

Government subsidises HIV medication at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital as well as education on the disease, Mr DeSilva added.

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