MANILA, Philippines — In just a week, the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) has seen an improvement in nearly all of its COVID-19 patients who have received blood plasma from people who have
Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, the PGH director, told the Inquirer that of the five patients who underwent convalescent blood plasma therapy since Monday last week, two saw their conditions improve while two others were prevented from further deteriorating.“We are satisfied with the results. We are giving [this treatment] as the last step, [after] you have given everything,” Legaspi said.
Once screened and deemed qualified to donate blood, the PGH will collect 500 milliliters of plasma, which will be transfused to severe or critically ill patients. In the light of Malacañang’s announcement that President Duterte would give P10 million to anyone who could develop a vaccine for COVID-19, the Department of Health said on Wednesday that while this could be “good news for the scientific community,” finding a cure for the severe respiratory disease was not that easy.
“Based on scientific evidence, as of today, there is no proven cure for COVID-19 yet,” Vergeire said. The WHO earlier said that while vaccine research for COVID-19 “accelerated at an incredible speed,” it would still take 12 to 18 months for a safe and effective vaccine to be rolled out.
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