BANGKOK, THAILAND - 2020/04/06: A donor laying on a transfusion chair while wearing a protective mask during the blood donation.
Thai Red Cross has requested to donate blood plasma from patients recovering from COVID-19. (Photo by Amphol Thongmueangl NEW YORK - Survivors of COVID-19 are donating their blood plasma in droves in hopes it helps other patients recover from the coronavirus.
And while the jury’s still out, now scientists are testing if the donations might also prevent infection in the first place.Thousands of coronavirus patients in hospitals around the world have been treated with so-called convalescent plasma— including more than 20,000 in the U.S. — with little solid evidence so far that it makes a difference.