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Diagnosing Plasma Treatment

Mail Today

April 29, 2020

As recovered patients become donors, Health Ministry says the therapy is at an experimental stage right now

- Tanushree Pandey and Kamlesh Damodar Sutar

With the plasma therapy gaining a lot of traction as a possible cure for coronavirus, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday clarified that it is at an experimental stage and there is no evidence yet to support that it can be used as treatment for COVID-19.

“Till the effectiveness of this mode of treatment is scientifically proven, its application except for research and clinical trial is illegal,” Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health Lav Agarwal said.

Addressing the daily briefing to provide updates on COVID-19 situation in the country, Agarwal said currently there are no approved therapies for coronavirus and there is not enough evidence to claim that plasma therapy can be used for treatment of the deadly disease.

This story is from the April 29, 2020 edition of Mail Today.

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