European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 21, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 3 get aids after Brief exposure skin came info con fact with blood from patients Atlanta a three Hospital workers whose skins were exposed Bricf j. In to the blood of patients infected with the aids virus developed the potentially deadly infection themselves according f to reports published wednesday. A the new cases involving women in different parts of the United states Mark the rust documented cases involving health care workers in which spread fuse virus did not involve direct inject 4 lion of infected blood into the body or 1 prolonged exposure to an aids patient s body fluids the reports said. The centers for disease control said Hospital workers should follow strict pre cautions Bill not be alarmed. It stressed there a still no evidence that acquired immune deficiency syndrome can retransmitted through casual Contact. The new cases documented by the cd were reported by the Atlanta con St Tulion the new York times and he Washington Post. One of the cases involved a worker who had blood spattered into her Mouth when she was drawing blood from an infected patient or. James Curran head of the cacs aids Branch said tues Day. Alt of the women had skin problems thai Nti Ghl have contributed to the virus transmission Curran said. The take Home message Here is that it emphasizes that health care workers coming into Contact with blood should follow certain precautions he said. The cd has previously advocated precautions such As wearing gloves masks gowns and Eye Protection in handling aids patients. The Federal Agency summoned More than 20 state Public health officials hos Pital infection control experts and Amer ican Hospital association official to at Lanta last week to discuss the Hryce cases Curran said. Details of the cases Are to be published thursday in the cacs morbidity and mortality weekly report. Curran said each of the women had either chapped hands dermatitis or Breaks in the skin through which the aids virus might have passed. The woman who was spattered in the Mouth might have become infected when the virus passed across the mucous Mem Brane in tier Mouth or possibly through an inflamed area on her face he said. In four previously reported cases health care workers apparently were infected with the virus after accidentally sticking themselves with hypodermic Needles thai had been used to treat aids patients. Two other health care worker who became infected were women who cared for aids infected patients and were constantly exposed to the patients blood urine and other bodily fluids. People infected with the aids virus have up to a 50 percent Chance of devel Oping the deadly disease within five years. So far 35,769 cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome 20,683 of them fatal have been reported lathe cd. There is no known cure for aids which fobs the body of its ability to warn off disease. Bavaria imposes controversial anti aids measures Munich a the bavarian state government tuesday imposed stringent measures to control the spread of aids including mandatory medical checks for some foreigners and use of condoms by prostitutes. The decision came after weeks of healed Public de Bate a which critics of the proposed measures warned hat High risk aids groups would be driven under ground or Burden the medical facilities of other Ger Man states. Under tuesday s decision by the conservative bavarian Cabinet compulsory aids testing will include civil service applicants and foreigners from outside Western Europe who arc seeking residency permits in Bavaria. Others included in the mandatory tests for aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome were prostitutes homosexual and intravenous drug users. Those suspected of carrying the aids virus will have to undergo medical checkups every three  will be used to Force compliance with testing if necessary according to the regulations. Known Carrier of the aids virus who do not take precautions against spreading the infection May be in turned in hospitals or other inst Lucions for therapy. Released from House arrest to Banoci by Sidra embraces Hij wife control of the South Pacific nation Adi Kurij in Suva Fiji of str he a after � coup last week. Abo released Reed tuesday from House arrest. The were 27 members of a Vydra s govern Depond prime minister promised meet mho had been held it gunpoint at cheering supporters he would regain various buildings. 2 Polar bears kill boy playing in Lair at zoo new York a two Polar bears kilted and partially ale an 11-year-old boy who went with two playmates to their Lair for a swim and police shot to death the half ton animals As they Foug Lover the remains authorities said. It s too gory too horrendous to de scribe said mayor Edward Koch. It s awful awful. The lower part of the body had been chewed  police initially thought the bears had devoured the other playmates whose clothes were found inside the fenced in compound tuesday night at Brooklyn s Prospect Park zoo the boys bad re turned Home safely police said. Police acc did 20 blasts from four shotguns and six rounds from a .38-Cali bar pistol to kill the animals one of which had dragged the boy Juan Perez into its Lair said police spokesman offi cer Peter o Donnell. The boy and two other 11-Yeamitds had decided to take an after hours dip in the Moat inside the Fence he said. They took off their clothes but two lost their nerve o Donnell said. Pere then threw everyone s clothes into the Cage and he and a playmate squeezed through the Fence to fetch them o Don Nell said. At about that Point the bears woke up o Donnell said. The first one comes Down and does nothing just looks at the kids. Then the second one comes Dowland grabs Juan and drags him up the rocks into the  officers responding to a report of screams from the Cage had to Wail for the groundskeeper to open the zoo s bolted Gates police said. They saw two bears actually devour ing a child said first Deputy police commissioner Richard Condon. He added thai the animals were fighting Over the body. Autopsies done immediately on the bean found the remains of Only one human said or. Elliot Gross the City Schief medical examiner. The other Chil Dren had resumed Home without clothes and were brought to police by their parents. An investigation was to begin wednes Day by the Parks department s inspector general to determine How Etc children got in and Bow to prevent such occurrences said City Parks commissioner Henry j. Stern. The Park closes at s p.m., and a sweep of the area had found no one inside the zoo said Gary Zaar a Parks department spokesman. Zait said the children had either sneaked in after hours or had hid Den  interviewed after the Maul ing told reporters it is easy to slip into the Park 4er hours. Stem said the two animals had been at the zoo for about 30 years without Inci Dent but Polar bean in general Are vicious. The Bear compound is ringed by a 10-foot wrought Iron Fence and a Moat up to 2 feel deep. One of the bears Teddy a 31-year-Oldmale, weighed 1,400pounds Tho later a 32-year-old female named Lucy weighed900 pounds Parks officials said. On this Day the stories were Fay and for women Brussels. Belgium a the daily do Morgen produced an unusual scoop tuesday when it issued for the first time in Belgium a 56-Page Issue entirely written and edited by women. To Mart the occasion de Morgen was renamed de Madam the Madam. The Issue was partly a protest against the minority situation of women in a Media world monopolized by men monday s editorial said. The front Page of de Madam showed a Man wearing a Pink Bra on his head. It was drawn by Nicole Vangothem Belgium s 1987 Oscar Winner for Short animated picture. Tuesday s edition further marked the Start of a three week series of articles on the role of women in belgian society. Tuesday s paper published an interview with a female Tennis Umpire and highlighted the plight of Farmers wives before an International Farmers demonstration. The Ghent newspaper Sells about 43,000 papers daily. Some 38 percent of is readers Are women. By recent developments show thai for every 40 new male readers do Morgen attracts 48 women. The left leaning daily is no Stran a to unusual approaches to newspaper publishing. Last fall when its typesetting computer broke Down the editorial staff tools pen to fond and hand wrote All articles