By AFPMore by this AuthorIf lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are succeeding in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, health experts warn that the measures could unintentionally undermine efforts to contain another potentially deadly disease: HIV. That means that those people still having sex have no idea about their status, which Sanchez warned is a potential ticking bomb. "It's very likely that people's risk behaviours will resume before they will have full access to prevention services," he said. The full impact of the pandemic on HIV transmission will not be known before next year, when the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes its statistics on 2020 infections. "On the balance it is probably going to worsen the HIV epidemic, that would be my prediction, both in this country, and worldwide," Spinelli said.

Source: Daily Nation May 12, 2020 01:30 UTC