“More than 540 people have already become plasma donors for treating patients with COVID-19 in Moscow. At present, 340 patients have already undergone transfusion of immune plasma, ”the report said.
First of all, such treatment is effective for those in critical condition.
The metropolitan government specified that a plasma donor can be anyone from the age of 18 to 55 who has had COVID-19 and does not have chronic diseases, as well as HIV, hepatitis B and C.
Plasma donors are entitled to a stimulating payment of 5,000 rubles. for 600 milliliters of plasma.
Earlier, the deputy mayor of the capital for social development, Anastasia Rakova, said that doctors in Moscow noted an improvement in the condition of patients with coronavirus after transfusion of blood plasma from those who recovered from COVID-19.
An epidemiologist at the Center for Molecular Diagnostics at the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology Timur Pesterev, in an interview with the PolitExpert publication, evaluated the effectiveness of plasma in the fight against coronavirus.