CD4 and COVID-19: Social isolation and/or distancing was the main preventive measure during the pandemic; therefore, the interactions with health professionals from the specialized care service, the half-yearly monitoring of CD4 and Viral Load and access to medications for the treatment of HIV and opportunistic diseases were impaired, as many of the patients use public transportation to commute to the health service and, afraid of being contaminated with COVID-19, they ended up not adhering to the treatment(20,24).