Myanmar seeks plasma donors to help critically ill Covid-19 patients

Medical staff wearing protective suits stand near an ambulance as they transfer suspect cases to a quarantine centres amid the outbreak of Covid-19), in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sept 27, 2020. - Reuters

YANGON (Xinhua): Donors are needed in Myanmar to treat critically ill Covid-19 patients under the convalescent plasma therapy, a health official told Xinhua on Thursday (Oct 1).

"Potential donors with high levels of virus-neutralising antibodies are needed now," said Than Naing Soe, director of Health Literacy Promotion Unit of the Public Health Department under the Ministry of Health and Sports.