Giving hospitalised Covid patients blood plasma transfusions from virus survivors may cut their risk of dying by 15%, study now finds

Giving hospitalised Covid patients blood plasma transfusions from virus survivors may cut their risk of dying after all, scientists now say.

Medics had hoped infusions of convalescent plasma — a straw-coloured fluid in the blood that contains antibodies — could help the infected recover.

But a series of studies showed the treatment does not boost survival rates, leading to the World Health Organization to recommend it only be used for severely unwell patients.

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