The US Food and Drug Administration says it is expediting the use of a blood plasma treatment for patients seriously ill with the coronavirus, making it easier for doctors to try another tool to attack the illness.
The FDA said in a news release that it is"facilitating access" for patients with life threatening infections to blood plasma taken from a person who recovered after once testing positive for the virus.It's a treatment the state of New York is pursuing in clinical trials, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
Covid-19 explained: How it spreads and how to stay safe 07:28Logistics are the biggest issueThe New York health official said for the plasma treatment they will be recruiting patients from New Rochelle, which had the first cluster of cases in the state and now has a critical mass of people who have recovered. Plasma treatments will take time to get off the ground.
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