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