China lifts entry ban on HIV/AIDS carriers!

China lifts entry ban on HIV/AIDS carriers!
Apr 28, 2010 04:42
guestTaylor	Days before the opening of 2010 Shanghai World Expo, China has lifted the two-decade entry ban for foreigners with HIV, AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases and leprosy. The act was approved by the State Council on April 19th and put into effect on April 24th. The following are the experts from People’s Daily: "According to a statement released Tuesday by the State Council, after gaining more knowledge about the diseases, the government has realized that such ban has a very limited effect in preventing and controlling diseases in the country. It has, instead, caused inconvenience for the country when hosting various international activities. The revision comes days ahead of the opening of the Shanghai World Expo. The government temporarily lifted the ban for various large-scale events, including the 1990 Beijing Asian Games, the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995 and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.” However, the source says that the latest revision of the laws will be permanent. The government believes that the lifting of the ban won't bring an outbreak of disease in the country as scientific research has proved daily contact doesn't cause infection. Here is another excerpt from the web: Last month, China denied a visa to an HIV-positive Australian writer, Robert Dessaix, who had hoped to attend a writers' tour in the country, prompting a group of nearly 100 prominent Australian authors to sign a petition condemning Beijing and demanding that Chinese authorities apologise to Dessaix.

Apr 28, 2010 04:42

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Days before the opening of 2010 Shanghai World Expo, China has lifted the two-decade entry ban for foreigners with HIV, AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases and leprosy. The act was approved by the State Council on April 19th and put into effect on April 24th. The following are the experts from People’s Daily:

"According to a statement released Tuesday by the State Council, after gaining more knowledge about the diseases, the government has realized that such ban has a very limited effect in preventing and controlling diseases in the country. It has, instead, caused inconvenience for the country when hosting various international activities.

The revision comes days ahead of the opening of the Shanghai World Expo. The government temporarily lifted the ban for various large-scale events, including the 1990 Beijing Asian Games, the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995 and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.”

However, the source says that the latest revision of the laws will be permanent. The government believes that the lifting of the ban won't bring an outbreak of disease in the country as scientific research has proved daily contact doesn't cause infection.

Here is another excerpt from the web:
Last month, China denied a visa to an HIV-positive Australian writer, Robert Dessaix, who had hoped to attend a writers' tour in the country, prompting a group of nearly 100 prominent Australian authors to sign a petition condemning Beijing and demanding that Chinese authorities apologise to Dessaix.

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