Aids stats 'cold comfort'- Tutu
30/11/2007 19:23  - (SA)  

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Pretoria - Statistics that indicated HIV/Aids numbers were lower than previously thought was cold comfort, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Friday.

Speaking in Pretoria a day before Aids Day, Tutu said while the country might say things have improved, it was unacceptable that 600 people died of Aids in SA everyday.

He said the country was facing a monumental crisis which was exacerbated when leaders wasted time by discussing what caused HIV/Aids.

Tutu urged government leaders to "get cracking" on fighting the pandemic.

"Please, let us all be galvanised and fight the scourge," said Tutu.

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