Egypt considers convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients – Egypttoday

Egypt considers convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients – Egypttoday

Egypt considers convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients. CAIRO - 20 April 2020: The Egyptian scientific committee that was formed by the Ministry of Health and Population and the Ministry of Higher Education will meet in the coming few days to consider convalescent plasma therapy as a treatment for the new coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, said a source at the Ministry of Health told Youm7 on Monday.. The ministry already took plasma samples from recovered patients, the source added, noting that Egypt is using various protocols of treatment for CAOVID-19 cases.. Japan plans to provide Avigan for free to 20 countries hoping to use it to treat COVID-19 patients and will provide the United Nations Office for Project Services with a $1 million grant to buy and distribute the drug, according to Japan's national daily The Mainichi.. Egypt recorded new 198 cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, scaling up the total number of the infected cases to 3,333, announced Health Ministry Spokesman Khaled Megahed on Monday.. Egypt prepares state-owned facilities to be isolation centers for COVID-19 patients.