FILE PHOTO: A nurse collects samples at a blood donation centre during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 29, 2021. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
SEOUL (Reuters) - From Seoul to Paris, and Moscow to Bangkok, concerned citizens are lining up for shots as COVID-19 case numbers swell. That may ease pressure on stretched hospitals around the world, but with it comes a hangover - a severe shortage of blood donors.
A number of countries don't allow people who have just been vaccinated to give blood, as well as banning those in recovery from coronavirus. With others simply staying home as new infections rise https://www.reuters.com/world/india/beyond-delta-scientists-are-watching-new-coronavirus-variants-2021-08-08, doctors say donor pools have shrunk to alarmingly low levels, menacing urgent operations.
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