Hiv. Last year alone, 1700000 new infections were recorded, and 690000 people lost their lives to the disease. People living with hiv are especially vulnerable during this pandemic. For one, theyre more at risk of falling severely ill with covert 19, but perhaps even more crucially of the coronavirus economy is down. Many sufferers have not been able to access medication. Its a very welcome arrival. Employees of the north Star Alliance deliver a choice drugs to the goldwater settlement west of johannesburg. The risk of becoming seriously or even faintly ill with covert 19, is twice as high for hiv, positive people. Many are avoiding overcrowded hospitals for fear of infection. And however, interrupting treatment can have serious consequences. Un aids expects up 2148000 additional hiv deaths related to the coronavirus pandemic by 2022. Especially in poor regions of the greatest number of people with hiv live in africa. More than 25000000 in subsaharan africa. Twice the rest of the world put together is a single mother of 4 children in johannesburg. Her clinic ran out of drugs during the hard lockdown in the spring. On top of this, the 47 year old lost her job for 2 months she had to do without half the medicine she needs. Shes now receiving support from a christian aid organization. North Star Alliance is trying to get close to the needs of the most Vulnerable People using mobile clinics. This kind of assistance helps save many lives, but the World Health Organization says more is needed more financial aid. But also the commitment that the battle against hiv aids is fought with the same determination as the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Lets speak to professor here president of the european aids clinical society. Hes joining us today from don fetter. Lockes whole welcome along. How disruptive has the kobe 1000 pandemic been for People Living with hiv aids . Yes, i think its very different from country to country that in surveys in various parts, but youre suggesting that at least 50 percent of the physicians are involved nature. We care also matched the code patients, so obviously they have 2 diseases to serve in a such. They have been disruptions. In our own clinic. We closed the clinic for 2 months in april and may and just sent out prescriptions. I think the biggest challenge has been for Testing Services because of the issue. You cant go and have contact other people in the locked on a lot of people were not able to assess the usual testing frequency. And thats one of the big worries around missing should be diagnosed because people do not go to the adequate Testing Services and how dangerous it is covert 1000 a self for the patients. So that has been an ongoing discussion because obviously people with h. L. V. Have often meant efficiency depending on their level of c. 4 count. And as such, may be at an increased risk for any kind of infection. And so there was some worry that they may have a different course of disease. The 1st case reports though, from north america, china and europe suggest that the really the outcome was very similar to doesnt really look as if the mortality was enhanced or increased. There has been a more recent, larger cohort analysis, and i think thats one of the issues. If you only look at small patient numbers, you may miss something because the patients average were much younger than some of the patients who had a more unfavorable disease outcome. And in africa there was a 2. 6, whole higher mortality. There also has been ireland tadi report for each of the patients from the u. K. To around 1. 00 hold higher. So i think in summary, looks as if in general its pretty much the same outcome. But if you have a low c 4, cumple 0200 and youre severely mean compromise, i think thats where you may have more increased risk. But overall mortality is low. And i can say from my own clinic, weve seen 10 patients with code 19 in h. A. E. And none of them was admit intensive care. None of them died. So i think in general, in the younger patient population, not so or some, but if you are older with comorbidities and as an h. G. V. Patient, you have a higher risk become a bit of these. Then i think there is a somewhat increased risk. Ok. Now were very close now to have all of that faint against kovac 19. Why if they, if still no vaccine against h i yes. So 2020 was unfortunately your were a vaccine which had showed some promise in the time exene trial where there was a 33 percent reduction new infections. And now this improved vaccine was tested in south africa. And i, fortunately the trial will stop because of lack of a c. And the reasons is that they should be employed technology and the virus is costly changing that shield to protect itself. And these changes you have made a vaccine attempt. So its not so easy to target the thats little different that some of the other viruses have. Lets west changes the surface. So, you know, the United Nations has set itself the goal of ending the aids epidemic by 2030. Do you think thats realistic . Well, you know, on a more positive side, if you look at some of the recent numbers from the u. K. , you can see that actually theyre very close to ending the epidemic because they have more than 95 percent of their patients are diagnosed to have a chevy at least in the london region, they have more than 95 percent on treatment and they have more than 95 percent. Rarely are logically suppressed, so theyre doing very well and the new numbers are falling really quite dramatically. And its really great to see that with the tools we have to end the epidemic if you can use them, thats all working very well. But if you turn your eyes a little bit to the east and you move to russia, for example, which obviously has a much higher haitian bird with over 800000 individuals and only probably around 55 percent receiving after all therapy. There remains a large pool of people who are either not diagnosed or replicating kind of such infect other patients. So the question is how can we get all these tools we have implemented everywhere in the world . And obviously also now in the covert epidemic where there is suddenly a struggle for resources from one side to the other. Physicians are engaged in services for 2 disease at the same time. Disruption of services on many different layers. Stock out of air be happening in many african countries. Will obviously put a big hazard to the goals which have been set up and the accomplishments. Although theoretically at least there are good examples. Chemical practices were, is cool, seem reachable, feel some hope that youre going to want to talk president of the airplane, a chemical society. Thank you very much. But your time now to answer one here. Question for that code 1000 over to our science correspondent ed length. Make sars kovi too different from the sars virus. Is it the same pathogen just stronger . No, although this common question shows how much power there is in the name, the International Body thats responsible for naming newly discovered viruses. Decided to call the one that causes covert 19 sars cove 2 because its fairly closely related to the one that caused the respiratory disease. Sars back in the early 2000. But although there are similarities and some of the symptoms that the 2 pathogens cause, theyre not the same and sars could have 2 did not arise from the virus that causes sars and genetic analysis has placed both in a group of what are called, lineage, be better coronaviruses, which also includes a number of other coronaviruses that are found in bats. A major characteristic that better coronaviruses share is that they infect mammals, which means they exploit the similarities that all mammal cells have in common 2 to invade them and make more copies of virus. And sometimes they jump from species to species 3 better coronaviruses that have jumped to humans to cause recent outbreak. So the pathogens that are responsible for sars and murders and covert 19, theyve all caused respiratory symptoms and fevers. But in other ways, like the timing of the disease that they induce and, and its overall lethality that differs widely. Sars was much more deadly than cope with 19 for example. But, but because people who got it only began infecting others after they started showing symptoms themselves, it could be contained more easily go to is not stronger than the virus that caused sars and its not the same. Its just a cousin thats turned out to be a lot better at spreading in human populations. And though it can also be deadly if you catch it at 19 is actually a lot less likely to kill you than sars was. And finally they coloma. That covert warrior is in indias capital. New delhi civic authorities are donning colorful helmets, depicting the coronavirus to spread awareness on what precautions people need to take. They go through market areas unfair affairs, posting flyers and educating people on what to do. Authorities in delhi have also quadrupled to find for not wearing enough and not fall for months for all the nations on the pandemic. Check out our website utopia dot com slash co, with 19, until next time for me on the team. 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