Coronavirus survivors donate blood plasma to help sick people fight the pandemic

Coronavirus survivors in United States are volunteering to donate blood plasma in order to help sick patients fight dely disease. According to reports, convalescent plasma, fluid in blood teeming with antibodies post-illness, has previously proven effective in treating Ebola and SARS patients and may prove helpful in treating current pandemic victims.

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As per reports, US Food and Drug ministration has given permission to physicians to test strategy. New York Blood Center will collect, test and distribute donations in American city. Bruce Sachias, chief medical officer of New York Blood Center, while talking to press reportedly said that re is proof that test will prove helpful in treating coronavirus patients. 

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Steven Spitalnik, who is leing trials at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center, has said that COVID-19 positive patients develop an immune response and produce high amounts of antibodies within seven to 14 days of getting infected, however, it is still t clear when does peak production of antibodies happen. recent development came as coronavirus infections in United States crossed 2,45,000 mark with over 6,000 deaths. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

COVID-19 has claimed more than 54,200 lives across world and has infected over 10,30,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China was most affected country until last month before Italy and Spain surpassed it to record most number of deaths anywhere in world due to COVID-19. United States and France have also surpassed China in terms of number of deaths recorded in se countries. Iran and United Kingdom are also on verge of overtaking China in terms of deaths recorded. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally.

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