Blood donations continue amid outbreak

Keeping up supply: Police officers donating blood in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. — China Daily/ANN

Urumqi: Over 350 police officers of the Xinjiang Division of the Chinese People’s Armed Police voluntarily donated blood as supplies fell in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region.

The Covid-19 outbreak that keeps many people from going outside has strained local supplies in Urumqi, said the regional Blood Centre.“

The number of donors has decreased. Before the government activated first-level emergency response, we had about 800 litres of stored blood. Now we have 350 litres left, ” said Zhang Hongbin, director of the centre.

In response, the Xinjiang Division took the lead and organised donations. After undergoing medical check-ups, over 350 police officers in good health donated more than 70 litres of blood.