What People With HIV Need to Know About the New Coronavirus

During a special session of the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections on March 10, John Brooks, MD, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the risk of COVID-19 is likely greater for HIV-positive people who have a low CD4 count or do not have full viral suppression on antiretroviral. Nonetheless, given how much remains unknown, he advised that all people with HIV take precautions.