One hundred and twenty-two new cases of HIV in Czech Republic last year

One hundred and twenty-two new cases of HIV were diagnosed in the Czech Republic in 2007. Statistics released on Thursday showed that there were a total of 1042 Czechs diagnosed as being HIV positive, and 239 citizens with AIDS. Miroslav Hlavatý, who treats AIDS patients and who was in charge of presenting the statistics, said that there could be ten times as many people in the country carrying HIV without knowing, as the statistics only reflected the number of people who had undergone a medical test.