Vitalant, which supplies donated blood to 21 hospitals in New Jersey and New York, says blood donations have reached a dangerous low.
As omicron intensifies, shelves of blood are bare across the United States, causing a national blood crisis.The blood shortage in New Jersey and across the nation is bordering on a crisis.
The shortages are also attributed to the omicron variant’s emergence in November and severe weather in parts of the country. Blood donations had declined somewhat before the pandemic, but fell even further as lockdowns forced the cancellation of blood drives. More recently, blood donations have been affected by staffing shortages, people infected with the coronavirus and other factors.
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