FOX 29's Steve Keeley has the latest information. VOORHEES, N.J. - Two patients have made incredible recoveries from COVID-19 after receiving convalescent plasma transfusions in the first week of April, according to Virtua Voorhees Hospital officials.
The patients, Renee Bannister, 63 of Gloucester County, and Andy Fei, 61 of Burlington County, are steadily recuperating from critical cases of the coronavirus and are reportedly expected to return home to their families in May.
They are the first two New Jersey residents to receive the ground-breaking plasma therapy. FULL COVERAGE: CORONAVIRUS In just over a week from the initial transfusion, both individuals were successfully taken off ventilators and later discharged from the intensive