The measurements of quarantine taken in various parts of China for him Wuhan coronavirus, attached to the congestion of many hospitals to treat patients with Covid-19, hinder the access of HIV positive Chinese to antiretrovirals and others treatments, warns UNAIDS.
A sounding to members of this collective made by this organization of the United Nations with the authorities Chinese shows that one third of the bearers of HIV in the country run risk of running out of antiretrovirals in a matter of days due to restrictions from movements Y quarantines In many cities.
In addition, almost half of the probed stressed that they don’t know where to get new drugs to continue his treatment (which is usually chronic in most HIV-positive people), due to the impossibility of returning to their locations of origin or the saturation of many Hospital centers.
According to Onusida (Joint United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS), the situation is being addressed with the help of associations of Chinese HIV positive as BaiHuaLin, which tries to contact these people to facilitate their access to drugs.
The chinese health authorities they also try to coordinate with governments local measures to attend bearers of HIV with problems accessing their treatments.
More than 60 percent of the HIV-positive respondents said they did not have enough materials for protection (masks, gloves, disinfectant) to deal with the coronavirus, to which Onusida has promised to donate this type of equipment through associations as BaiHuaLin.
On the other hand, in third of participants In the survey, held from February 5 to 10, they admitted feeling anxious about the Covid-19 epidemic and said they needed psychosocial support, the Onusida statement said.
According to the UN agency, there are still no data on whether the bearers of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, have more risk of contracting the Wuhan coronavirus that population general, and if doing so entails more risks to your health (in the calculation overall, only 20% of Covid-19 cases are serious).
In China there are about 1.25 million bearers of HIV, according to figures from the national health authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO).
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