FDA announced emergency authorization of blood plasma treatment

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of United State has recently announced an emergency authorization for doctors to use blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients as a treatment against the disease.

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The plasma is believed to contain powerful antibodies that can help fight off the disease faster and help protect people from being seriously hurt by it.

The technique uses antibody-rich blood plasma from people who’ve recovered from the disease, and has already been used on over 70,000 people in the US.

In a statement, the FDA said, the plasma may be effective in treating COVID-19 and the potential benefits of the product outweigh the known and potential risks of the product.

The FDA has already approved the use of plasma transfusions on coronavirus patients under certain conditions, like those who are gravely ill or taking part in clinical trials.