Bexar County Commissioner Justin Rodriguez said the county has secured $150,000 from the federal government to fund a new stipend system to encourage residents to make plasma donations.
The stipend program in Bexar County is scheduled to be finalized by the end of September.Matthew Busch for The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILEinfections -- but only a few hundred of those patients have donated plasma, according to health officials.Justin Rodriguez, the Precinct 2 county commissioner, said the county has secured $150,000 from the federal government to fund a new stipend system to encourage residents to make plasma donations.
Analilia Ryan, center, has her temperature tested in order to screen for possible coronavirus cases while trying to enter the Haven for Hope campus in San Antonio, Texas, March 18, 2020.
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