Chula virologist appeals for blood plasma donations to treat Covid-19 patients

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Chula virologist appeals for blood plasma donations to treat Covid-19 patients

By The Nation

 

Dr Yong Poovorawan, an expert virologist at Chulalongkorn University

 

Covid-19 is a new disease caused by a virus, so there is no specific treatment, Dr Yong Poovorawan, an expert virologist at Chulalongkorn University, said while advocating the use of plasma to treat patients.

 

 

In a post on his Facebook page on Saturday (April 18), he said that doctors used malaria, HIV, and influenza drugs to treat patients.

 

“There was a news report that Remdesivir, a new antiviral drug, is able to treat Covid-19 patients effectively, causing stocks indices to rise,” he said.

 

“However, this drug is currently under research and not registered in many countries’ list of drugs because it is new and must be injected into a vein and it takes 10 days for recovery.”

 

He said that countries worldwide are using blood plasma from people who have recovered from Covid-19 to treat other patients, adding that many studies about this issue were reported in academic journals.

 

“The blood bank is ready to produce blood plasma by following procedures for people’s safety while donating blood plasma,” he said.

 

“Blood plasma from people who have recovered from Covid-19 has immunity that is resistant to viruses, so we would like to invite those who have recovered for at least 14 days to donate blood plasma by registering with the National Blood Centre online.”

 

He added that staff will make an appointment to inspect there is no Covid-19 infection both in the respiratory system and blood, as well as check the immunity level. Then, they will make an appointment to donate blood plasma later.

 

“Patients that can use plasma have to compare blood groups, while donors must weigh more than 50 kilograms and be aged between 17 and 65,” he added.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30386312

 

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[rupert the bear]

_{id like to possibly donate,a phone no please as this never ending nonsense with computers is stiltifying to say the least,if people are willing to help ,help yourselves and at least be civil.people have questions to ask,i have one-i think i may have been exposed as  a month ago i had mild symptoms for several days .now im fine.i cant test easily in bkk so.....where do we go from here?i sure this is the case with many and the no of people tested is miniscule so you have a vey small field to work with,please enlarge it}

[mrfill]

This appears to suggest that people get immunity from covid19 once infected.

 

The common cold is another coronavirus and people have not acquired immunity after centuries and billions spent trying to find a cure.

 

Nice to see the drug companies plugging some expensive (and getting more so) and unproven potion to keep the cash flowing in.

[ukrules]

How much are they paying for this valuable resource?