Struggling to Find Corona Virus Drug, Researchers Discover Blood Plasma Patients who Cured Can Be Medication

News24xx.com - The data shows, until Sunday (16 February) at 06.43 am West Indonesia Time, 69,032 confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded, 1,666 died and 9,390 healed.

China is still the country with the highest number of victims.

Until now, experts are still struggling to find treatment from COVID-19, the coronavirus from Wuhan.

The latest news, Thursday (13 February 2020) senior Chinese health officials said if there are treatment options for COVID-19 patients.

The official asked people who had recovered from COVID-19 to donate their blood plasma.

The reason, plasma from survivors may contain valuable protein that can be used to treat patients infected with the coronavirus.

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The request to donate blood plasma was announced after the state-owned company China National Biotec Group said the antibodies helped treat 10 critical patients and reduced their inflammation within 12 to 24 hours.

This approach, according to experts, is quite logical and promises to treat severe COVID-19 patients.

People who have just recovered from COVID-19 still have antibodies to the coronavirus circulating in their blood.

Injecting antibodies to a sick patient could theoretically help patients fight infections better.

In other words, this treatment will transfer the recovered patient's immunity to the sick patient.

This approach according to Benjamin Cowling, professor of epidemiology at the University of Hong Kong had previously been used in the flu pandemic.

Even so, doctors must remain aware of the possibility of side effects.

Until now, treatment using cured blood plasma of patients is still being researched and tested.

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