In this file photo A plasma donor (R) is seen at the newly inaugurated plasma bank of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) donating plasma for the treatment of patients suffering from the COVID-19 coronavirus, in New Delhi on July 2, 2020. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)PARIS: Covid treatments using plasma taken from the blood of recovered coronavirus patients should not be given to people with mild or moderate illness, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Convalescent plasma showed some early promise when given intravenously to people sick with Covid-19. Convalescent plasma is the liquid part of blood from a recovered Covid patient that contains antibodies produced by the body after being infected. The WHO said its latest recommendations were based on evidence from 16 trials involving 16,236 patients with non-severe, severe and critical Covid-19 infection.

Source: Manila Times December 07, 2021 22:15 UTC