“…One of the other risk factors for PWUD and People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) is their weaker immune system due to a range of factors. These factors include long-term/high-dose administration of opioid drugs ( Liang, Liu, Chen, Ji, & Li, 2016 ; Sacerdote, Franchi, Gerra, Leccese, Panerai, & Somaini, 2008 ), malnutrition ( Haber, Demirkol, Lange, & Murnion, 2009 ; Vila et al, 2019 ), homelessness ( Haber et al, 2009 ), and long-term alcohol and methamphetamine use ( Nelson, Zhang, Bagby, Happel, & Raasch, 2008 ; Radfar & Rawson, 2014 ; Roy et al, 2011 ). Despite lacking evidence for introducing HIV as a risk factor for COVID-19 ( British HIV Association, 2020 ), there are some concerns regarding the access to treatment services for People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and their adherence to antiretroviral therapy ( Dadkha, Mohammadi, & Mozafari, 2008 ).…”