<p class="bodytext">China’s capital Beijing reported a significant drop in new HIV/AIDS infections during the January-October period this year, a 47 per cent decrease, health authorities said on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The capital city reported 34,289 HIV/AIDS cases from 1985 to October this year, according to the Beijing Municipal Health Commission.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sexual transmission was the main channel of AIDS prevalence, accounting for 93 per cent of the total infections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A total of 1,408 new HIV/AIDS cases were reported in the first 10 months of this year, down 47 per cent year on year, the commission said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Beijing has made antiviral therapy more accessible to AIDS patients at more medical institutions and enhanced HIV testing for high-risk groups, to prevent and control new cases, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted the commission as saying.</p>
<p class="bodytext">China’s capital Beijing reported a significant drop in new HIV/AIDS infections during the January-October period this year, a 47 per cent decrease, health authorities said on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The capital city reported 34,289 HIV/AIDS cases from 1985 to October this year, according to the Beijing Municipal Health Commission.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sexual transmission was the main channel of AIDS prevalence, accounting for 93 per cent of the total infections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A total of 1,408 new HIV/AIDS cases were reported in the first 10 months of this year, down 47 per cent year on year, the commission said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Beijing has made antiviral therapy more accessible to AIDS patients at more medical institutions and enhanced HIV testing for high-risk groups, to prevent and control new cases, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted the commission as saying.</p>