Grocott's Mail

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CORONAVIRU­S

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worldwide yet, but the South African medical fraternity believes that HIV infected people who are taking their ARVS and have a suppressed viral load and a good CD4 count should cope as well as people without HIV.

If you want to know your

HIV status, you can go to your healthcare facility to test, even during the lockdown. [Source: Righttocar­e.org]

3. Do 5G mobile networks spread Covid-19?

•Viruses on radio cannot travel waves/mobile networks. Covid-19 is spreading in many countries that do not have 5G mobile networks. [Source: Who.int]

Can eating garlic help prevent infection with the new coronaviru­s?

•Garlic is a healthy food that may have some antimicrob­ial properties.

However, there is no evidence from the current outbreak that eating garlic has protected people from the new coronaviru­s. [Source: Who.int]

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