Bahrain: one step closer to convalescent plasma treatment

  • Date: 08-Jul-2020
  • Source: 24×7 News
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  • Country:Bahrain
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Bahrain: one step closer to convalescent plasma treatment

Manama: Nayla Barakat: The Kingdom of Bahrain is one step closer on using convalescent plasma to treat the COVID-19 infections. Convalescent plasma is antibody-rich products that are collected from eligible donors who have recovered from COVID-19.

Lt. Col. Manaf Al Qahtani, the Infectious Disease Consultant and Microbiologist at the BDF Hospital and member of the National Taskforce for Combating the Coronavirus (COVID-19), said that Bahraini researchers are currently working with the international partners trying to determine its safety and efficacy via clinical trials before routinely administering convalescent plasma to patients with COVID-19.

He was

speaking as the National Taskforce for Combating the Coronavirus (COVID-19) held

a press conference at the Crown Prince Centre for Training and Medical Research

at the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Hospital to highlight COVID-19 developments

and emphasised the importance of strictly following all measures to ensure the

safety of the community.

Replying to

a question about facilitating access to convalescent plasma, antibody-rich

products that are collected from eligible donours who have recovered from

COVID-19, he said that Kingdom of Bahrain has been working with local expertise

and international partners on this aspect of treatment of the COVID-19 and in a

week time thing would be much clear. The experts globally are trying to

determine its safety and efficacy