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Convalescent plasma: What you need to know

Antibodies can be harvested from patients who have recovered from Covid-19 and injected into blood of others to help them fight the disease. [AFP]

The United States has issued an emergency authorisation to use blood plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients as a treatment against the disease.

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