But Mahomet, who has been treating patients and training doctors and nurses in HIV care for the past 10 years, said people who defaulted on treatment remained at risk.
“It is imperative for all HIV-positive individuals to continue to take their antiretroviral medication, even if queues for medication may be longer than usual. If patients have missed taking either or both their HIV and TB medication they should urgently visit their health-care provider so that their condition can be monitored and treated,” he said.
“We’re calling on our government to speed up the process of rolling out a four to six months' treatment refill, meaning that if you are living with HIV, TB and other chronic illness, instead of going month to month, so that they don’t end up exposing themselves ... ” he said.
All my life I have tried protecting myself from HIV and now not having HIV increases my risk of dying from Covid?
MORONS NO PANDEMIC , LOL
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