605,220

Recovered

285,671

Deaths

17,848

Andhra Pradesh145956232187 Arunachal Pradesh187611 Assam8407216611 Bihar9506611363 Chandigarh4341896 Chhatisgarh2662209113 Delhi87360583482742 Goa523700 Gujarat32557236621846 Haryana134278472218 Himachal Pradesh331165 Jammu and Kashmir5406291465 Jharkhand4261754 Karnataka77344804102 Kerala12085429 Madhya Pradesh131868388557 Maharashtra175096909117855 Manipur210 Meghalaya1101 Mizoram100 Punjab54183320138 Rajasthan1801414220413 Tamil Nadu90167500741201 Uttar Pradesh2405615506718 Uttarakhand14116413 West Bengal1917010789683

News Nation 29 Jun 2020 Delhi to set up Plasma bank for treatment of Covid-19 patients

News, Nation

Delhi to set up Plasma bank for treatment of Covid-19 patients

ROZANA SPOKESMAN

Published Jun 29, 2020, 12:58 pm IST

Updated Jun 29, 2020, 12:58 pm IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced setting up of a 'plasma bank' to save lives of serious Covid-19 patients

Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced setting up of a 'plasma bank' to save lives of serious Covid-19 patients in the national capital.

Chief Minister Arvind KejriwalThe chief minister said that the bank will start working in the next two days, adding that the AAP government will encourage those who have recovered from Covid-19 to donate their plasma.

The chief minister said that a helpline will be set up by the government for queries related to donation of plasma.

CoronavirusKejriwal said that his government has so far conducted clinical trial of plasma therapy on 29 Covid-19 patients and the result was "encouraging".

The chief minister also announced that a sum of Rs 1 crore will be given to the family of LNJP Dr Aseem Gupta, who died of novel coronavirus infection in an ICU of a private hospital on Sunday.