Human Rights Watch called on the Egyptian authorities to ensure that HIV carriers continue to have access to life-saving medicines safely.
This comes after the government has designated febrile hospitals in the country - which are the only centers where HIV-positive people can get these medicines - to be centers for testing the Corona virus.
Egyptians living with HIV told Human Rights Watch that they were "very afraid" of going there to get their medication, for fear of infection with the Corona virus.
The organization urged the Egyptian authorities to establish alternative centers to distribute HIV medication kits for several months, in order to reduce hospital visits and possible infection with the Coronavirus.
"The Egyptian government should remove any obstacles that prevent HIV carriers from obtaining treatment, and ensure that people who already face health concerns have access to their medicines safely," said Joe Stork, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa division at Human Rights Watch.
According to Human Rights Watch, those who are HIV-positive are in an advanced stage, have a low number of CD4 cells that are resistant to infection, or who are not undergoing ART treatment, or cannot obtain it; they may increase their risk of infection Infection and health complications related to corona virus.
An AIDS patient told Human Rights Watch that he had not had HIV since February because he was "afraid of being infected with the Coronavirus," expressing concern that he would not be able to receive treatment throughout the crisis, causing his health to deteriorate.
Another said that after he postponed receiving his medication for fear of being exposed to the Coronavirus, he eventually went to the Abbasiyah Fever Hospital last March to obtain his medicine.
He added that although there are separate sections in the hospital for patients with Corona virus, "I may have been exposed to the virus because I had to enter the hospital through the entrance itself."