Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 17:00:03 +0100 (NFT)
From: Bj|rn Skolander <Bjorn.Skolander@nordiska.uu.se>

AMENDED AIDS BILL EXPECTED SOON.

A new version of the controversial bill on AIDS will soon be submitted to
the Duma, Bela Denisenko, chairwoman of the Duma's health committee, told
Interfax on 2 February.

The draft approved by parliament on 11 November 1994, which required all
travelers to Russia to take HIV tests, caused an outcry among businessmen,
AIDS activists, and tour operators and was widely regarded as being
unenforceable.

The new draft, which takes into account the proposals of the president,
makes HIV tests compulsory only for foreigners who come to Russia for a stay
of more than three months. -- Penny Morvant, OMRI, Inc.


Source: OMRI DAILY DIGEST No. 25, Part I, 3 February 1995