Coronavirus: blood plasma of recovered Covid-19 patients could save the very ill, finds US study

Treating coronavirus patients in hospital with a high level of antibodies from the blood plasma of recovered patients could greatly reduce mortality, according to a large-scale study run by the Mayo Clinic in the United States.The study enrolled 35,322 patients treated with such therapy in 2,807 acute care facilities in the US from early April to early July. More than half the enrolments were in the intensive care unit and 27.5 per cent had to breathe with the help of mechanical ventilation at…

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