indiaUpdated: Apr 15, 2020 20:31 ISTThree days after All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Delhi director Randeep Guleria spoke about the possibility of using plasma therapy in treating Covid-19, the Delhi government said it plans to use plasma enrichment technique to treat severely-ill coronavirus patients on trial basis, PTI reported. The agency reported that clinical trial of the plasma enrichment technique will be conducted at Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS). Under the technique, transfusion of plasma from recovered patients to severely-ill Covid-19 patients is conducted. Thirty Covid-19 patients have died so far in the national capital. But he had cautioned that there are very few studies that indicate the effectiveness of plasma therapy as the treatment of Covid-19 although the therapy has previously been used in other illnesses such as Ebola.

Source: Hindustan Times April 15, 2020 13:59 UTC