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The mayor has encouraged the Lorca advantage that on Monday December 1st from 10 at 14 pm in the Campus of Lorca anyone can be done for free and anonymous rapid saliva test in 30 minutes if reports is HIV infected or not.

Also, that day red ribbons will be distributed at City Hall.

The Councillor for Health of the City of Lorca, Antonia Lopez, and the head of Red Cross Youth in Lorca, Ana Maria Segura, have reported on Saturday November 29 will be distributed from 17:30 until 20:00 in Alameda of the Constitution information and condoms on World AIDS Day.

Lopez explained that "one more year these two entities join forces to bring information to citizens of the need for prevention through brochures, posters, calendars pockets, ... as well as male and female condoms, as this is a of the best ways to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including disease, since 90% of cases are caused by an infection through sexual intercourse. "

In this sense, the Red Cross will emphasize the importance of sharing information, for what you have available the free number 900 111 000.

However, the mayor stressed the importance of getting tested to see if it is infected or HIV, because early detection is the best way to avoid developing the disease AIDS, besides not generating new infections.

Therefore, the council has reported that "although this test can be performed at any health center, thanks to the University of Murcia Lorca will be able to Monday December 1 done from 10 to 14 hours on the campus of Lorca free and anonymous rapid saliva test that allows to know in 30 minutes if you are infected or not.

Lopez stated that "preventive measures and such tests, especially among people who have risk, is what has reduced the cases of infection detected that from 2007 to June 30, 2014 in the area Health Lorca was 31, but in the last year are included in the range of zero to two cases. "

Likewise, the councilman added that Monday 1st will be installed in front of City Hall other information table in which red ribbons as a symbol of solidarity with those affected by this disease will be delivered.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca