Setback for Covid medicine: More blood plasma donors needed

Blood bank Sanquin encountered a setback in its collection of blood plasma for the production of a medicine to treat Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. The amount of antibodies in the plasma is declining faster than hoped for. Which means that the blood bank will need more donors to donate more quickly to get the required amount of antibodies-rich plasma, AD reports.Submitted by Janene Pieters on Monday, 14 September 2020 - 10:50 https://nltimes.nl/2020/09/14/setback-covid-medicine-blood-plasma-donors-needed