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Saudi Arabia Deports 349 With HIV

Associated Press - Monday November 30, 1998

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia has deported 349 foreigners because they have AIDS, Okaz newspaper reported today.

The Jiddah-based daily said the men and women deported were discovered to have the HIV virus, the virus that causes AIDS, when they took tests required for work permits. It said the maids, drivers and laborers were deported between June 1997 and June 1998.

Foreigners infected with the AIDS virus are not allowed to remain in Saudi Arabia. The strict Islamic kingdom does not divulge figures for Saudis infected with the disease.

The nationalities of the deportees were not disclosed.
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