Role of convalescent plasma against COVID-19 discovered

  • Date: 16-Sep-2020
  • Source: Gulf Today
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  • Country:UAE
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Role of convalescent plasma against COVID-19 discovered

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Mariecar Jara-Puyod, Senior Reporter

Research has demonstrated that convalescent plasma could dwindle down death rates due to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). However this blood taken from a COVID-19 survivor could not be used as the sole solution to the pandemic, the number of cases from 213 countries and territories as of 10:52 GMT of Sept. 15 (Tuesday) was at 29,473,509 with 21,297,959 recoveries and 933,412 deaths.

On behalf of his colleagues for the "Effect of Convalescent Plasma on Hospitalised Patients with COVID19: Initial Three-Month Experience,“ cardiologist Dr R. Scott Wright in an email interview wrote: "The use of convalescent plasma was safe, well-tolerated and possibly beneficial in a subset of patients.“

He explained that convalescent plasma, in over a century, "has been given to patients with acute