In his reply to a parliamentary question asking when the DHSS had first become aware of AIDS and that AIDS was sexually transmitted, and could be transmitted through blood and blood products, Tony Newton stated: "Evidence that the AIDS infection could also be transmitted by blood transfusion emerged from the United States of America in 1983."
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The Initial Government Response 1985-1988
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Baron Tony Newton