Surabaya, E Java (Antara) - At least 50 women arrested during a series of raids following the closure of the red-light district Dolly in Surabaya city have tested positive for HIV/AIDS, a local health official said. The head of the Surabaya city health office, Febria Rachmanitia, said here on Wednesday that the number of women afflicted with HIV/AIDS has reached 50 since the largest red-light district in Indonesia was closed on June 18 this year. "The women were nabbed in routine raids conducted by the Surabaya city public order agency (Satpol PP)," she said. The Satpol PP always involves a team from the health office during every raid, she said. The team ensured that suspected sex workers nabbed in the raids were subjected to HIV test, he said. "Shortly after the women were found afflicted with HIV, the team gave them antiretroviral (ARV) drugs," she said. Based on the results of a study, there is little possibility that HIV patients now being administered ARV medicines can transmit the virus to other people. "After the HIV sufferers were given ARV, they were sent back to their hometowns where the local health office would treat them," she said. (*) Reporting by Abdul Hakim

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