CORONAVIRUS | Several who have recovered from the virus have donated their blood for medical research.
| The Health Ministry is testing if blood plasma obtained from healthy, recovered Covid-19 patients can be used to treat those with the virus.
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today thanked “two to three” patients who came forward to donate their blood for medical research.“If they have a high number of antibodies, there is a good chance for us to use their plasma to treat other patients,” he said during the ministry’s daily press briefing in Putrajaya.
Hisham explained that these donors were cleared of the virus and other diseases before their samples were used.Need better antigen test kits Noor Hisham also shared that the ministry was looking to acquire more accurate antigen Covid-19 test kits after finding that those from
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