I think it’s perfectly fine for you to get some space from your friend until you sort your feelings out or until things at least calm down with the virus and you don’t have to be as isolated. Keeping some distance from him isn’t wrong at all and makes sense to me. Trust your guts. Your guts tell you to get some distance from him, so follow that.

Wanting to be close to someone is very normal. If you know he isn’t the right person for that, getting some distance from him makes total sense