Budapest’s landmark Chain Bridge will be illuminated with red light on Sunday evening, to mark World AIDS Day, a municipal representative of the opposition LMP party said on Friday.
József Gál said in a video on Facebook that the international day’s symbol is a red ribbon and this is why he initiated the illumination in red.
“Raising awareness to those living with HIV, promoting screening and prevention is highly important,” he said.
There are some 1 million new HIV cases recorded each year in the world, he said. The number in Hungary is 220 while the number of latent cases is estimated between 3,000 and 4,000, he said.
Gál said they also wanted to express thanks to civil organisations and health-care workers for their outstanding work in the area.
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