Ministry does U-turn on plasma therapy

29/04/2020

“The IRCS may like to take up this at the earliest so that the blood collected from the recovered patients could be used for transfusion for the benefit of corona patients,” the Ministry said.

Several States across India too have been using and advocating for the therapy with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday directing officials to encourage use of plasma therapy for the treatment of infected people and to increase testing capacity.

Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra, among other States, have started clinical trials for the plasma-based treatment.