Survivors urged to donate blood for COVID-19 treatment
Coronavirus survivors are being urged to donate their blood to the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) for an experimental treatment that may help severely ill COVID-19 patients.
As of Saturday, April 11, there were 157 recoveries in the Philippines with a total of 4,428 positive cases.
Three survivors have already donated their blood on Thursday, April 9, and PGH is encouraging more recovered individuals to do the same.
The convalescent plasma from these donations contains antibodies that can neutralize the virus and may be transfused into critically ill patients to improve their condition.
President Rodrigo Duterte also urged COVID-19 survivors to donate blood as an act of gratitude to God.
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