Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Dark Cloud With Silver Lining During the COVID-19 Pandemic

In December 2019, China reported a cluster of pneumonia patients infected by a new virus from the coronavirus family called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus quickly spread around the world and infected millions of people, and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Although some patients show only mild or even asymptomatic response to this infection, severe disease with rapid progression to acute respiratory distress and multiorgan failure is also commonly seen. In this report, we discuss three cases of HIV patients who survived COVID-19.