World AIDS Day – The red ribbon as a sign of solidarity at the Vienna City Hall

Vienna (APA) – On the occasion of World AIDS Day, December 1, the Red Ribbon flag was affixed Thursday on the facade of Vienna City Hall. The red ribbon is intended to express solidarity with all those affected by HIV and AIDS, said city councilors Jürgen Czernohorszky and Peter Hacker (SPÖ), who led the campaign together with the Anti-Discrimination Agency. of Vienna.

"Fight AIDS, not AIDS patients", is the flag to read. "This is our common concern to fight against discrimination against people living with HIV / AIDS," Czernohorszky said in a press release. According to health advisor Hacker, 510 new HIV diagnoses were reported in Austria in 2017: "This figure shows that the fight against the disease is still topical".