Rescuers search for HIV blood

NEW YORK - Rescue crews are keeping a lookout for a container of blood infected with the HIV virus, the US Coast Guard said

NEW YORK - Rescue crews are keeping a lookout for a container of blood infected with the HIV virus, the US Coast Guard said. The white container is filled with eight litres of blood infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which causes AIDS, the Coast Guard said. They did not specify why the container was aboard the TWA.

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