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    Hope on Delivery

    Jul 14, 2022 4 minutes
    By Lu Yan
    Copyedited by Elsbeth van Paridon

    Life got hectic for Chen Jun in April and May when Shanghai was largely under lockdown as it grappled with flare-ups of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. Shanghai’s restrictions on movement meant many HIV-positive residents could not go to hospitals in person to get their antiretroviral prescriptions refilled. Working at the Shanghai Qing’ai Health Center, a nonprofit organization seeking to facilitate access to treatment and related health services for people living with HIV and AIDS in the eastern megacity, Chen decided to help these people access their regular medication.

    “I didn’t really overthink things before deciding to lend a hand. The most important aspect, for me, was to make sure they got their medicines on.

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