China News Service, July 14 (Hong Kong Commercial Daily) reported that a patient with new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong was found to have donated blood at the West Kowloon Blood Donation Station before being diagnosed on the 13th. Li Zhuoguang, medical director of the Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, pointed out that the red blood cells and plasma donated by the patient had not been detected after the detection of the new coronavirus, and a patient who had received his platelet transfusion had no adverse reactions.
Li Zhuoguang pointed out that there is no virus test for all donated blood, but according to previous records and related cases in South Korea, the risk of virus transmission through blood is very low. He said that the current blood bank is stable, but the blood donation arrangement may be affected by the epidemic in the future. He also said that the blood transfusion center has refused to donate blood from people with a history of travel, contact history and symptoms since February.