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PH Red Cross continues to seek blood plasma donation from recovered COVID-19 patients

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 24 11:13 AM

The Philippine Red Cross on Sunday appealed for more blood plasma donations from people who have recovered from COVID-19. Read more »

San Miguel, Puregold, other firms donate blood to Philippine Red Cross

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 20 12:24 PM

San Miguel Corporation, Puregold, and other firms have donated blood to Philippine Red Cross, its chairman said Sunday.  Read more »

US health official apologizes for touting false plasma data

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 25 01:39 PM

WASHINGTON - Dr Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, apologized Monday after misrepresenting a key statistic on how effective blood plasma is for treating COVID-19 when announcing an emergency approval measure.  Read more »

Convalescent plasma: What you need to know

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 25 06:05 AM

WASHINGTON - The United States has issued an emergency authorization to use blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients as a treatment against the disease. Read more »

DOH to public: Don’t engage in ‘illegal, highly dangerous’ blood-plasma trade

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 10:03 PM

The Department of Health on Saturday stressed to the public that buying and selling convalescent plasma to treat the novel coronavirus is against the law and poses risks. Read more »

Donations sought for poor COVID-19 patients who need plasma treatment

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 05:25 PM

The Philippine Red Cross on Tuesday announced that it would start accepting donations to help poor coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients avail of the convalescent plasma treatment. Read more »

Philippine Red Cross opens blood plasma center in Manila for COVID-19 patients

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 02:41 PM

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Monday opened its convalescent plasma center in the capital city where coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors can donate blood to help those still struggling with the highly-contagious disease. Read more »

Red Cross seeks plasma donations from recovered COVID-19 patients

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 12 11:35 AM

The Philippine Red Cross will begin its donation drive for convalescent plasma from COVID-19 patients on Monday, its officials said Sunday. Read more »

Imee Marcos bats for 'plasma banks' while waiting for COVID-19 vaccine

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 07:38 PM

Sen. Imee Marcos on Monday pushed for the establishment of blood plasma banks in Philippine hospitals, saying the convalescent plasma therapy may help coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients recover while a vaccine against the illness has yet to be formulated.   Read more »

Palace lauds DOST’s plasma-therapy initiative to treat COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 11:56 PM

The Department of Science and Technology is set to start a study on convalescent plasma as adjunctive therapy for patients with COVID-19, Malacañang said Saturday. Read more »

Gov’t warns against ‘middlemen’ buying, selling plasma for COVID-19 patients in Central Visayas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 08:42 PM

Government officials from Central Visayas warned the public against selling or buying blood or plasma used for the experimental treatment of COVID-19 patients. Read more »

Angara launches website for COVID-19 survivors who want to donate blood plasma

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 03:41 PM

Sen. Sonny Angara on Thursday launched a website where coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors can privately sign up to donate blood plasma, seen as a possible treatment for severely ill COVID-19 patients. Read more »