Covid-19 lockdowns may lead to rise in HIV cases
The use of home HIV test kits, which have been around for years but have been underutilised, is expected to increase as the Covid-19 pandemic forces improvisation for both patients and healthcare professionals. – EPA pic, May 12, 2020.
IF lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are succeeding in slowing Covid-19’s spread, said health experts, the measures may unintentionally undermine efforts to contain another potentially deadly disease: HIV. At the start of last month, Travis Sanchez, an epidemiologist at Emory University, carried out an online survey of some 1,000 men who have sex with men, and half of them reported a drop in the number of sexual partners, as well as reduced use of hook-up apps.
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