The Telangana government would explore setting up a "COVID blood bank" with antibody-rich plasma from those who recovered from the disease as suggested by biotech entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Municipal Administration Minister K T Rama Rao said on Monday.
She made the suggestion during a telephonic conversation with him amid intensified efforts to check the spread of the pandemic in the southern state, where the COVID-19 has taken 11 lives till Sunday night.
Yesterday good friend @kiranshaw called me & suggested that we setup a COVID blood bank in Telangana; with antibody-rich plasma from patients who had recovered from COVID.Have requested Health secretary & Commissioner to explore further. Thanks Kiran, Rama Rao, the working president of ruling TRS, tweeted.
Telangana has reported 334 positive cases of COVID-19 (cumulatively) and 11 deaths due to the virus.
Published 06 April 2020, 14:49 IST