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COVID-19: Clinical trial of plasma enrichment technique to begin in 3-4 days, says Kejriwal

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Apr 16 2020 | 6:18 PM IST

Doctors will conduct the clinical trial of plasma enrichment technique to treat severely-ill coronavirus patients in the next three to four days, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday.

Addressing an online briefing, the chief minister said, "If the trial is successful, we will be able to save the lives of serious COVID-19 patients."
Under the plasma enrichment technique, antibodies from the blood of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 are used to treat severely infected patients. It is aimed at assessing the efficacy of convalescent plasma to limit complications in COVID-patients

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First Published: Apr 16 2020 | 6:18 PM IST

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