Amaravati, September 8 : The AP health dept. going to personally contact & persuade citizens who recovered from COVID-19-19 to donate plasma to safeguard lives.
“The health dept. call center going to call the recovered sufferers & tell them regarding the plasma donation program & influence them to donate plasma to safeguard different citizens’s lives,” stated Health Commissioner Katamneni Bhaskar.
The dept. has readied a list of 37,000 citizens who beat the disease, creating them eligible to donate plasma for crucial COVID-19 sufferers.
“The database of eligible donors was equipped & is presently being revealed with the blood banks that have the ability to collect & store plasma,” stated Bhaskar.
The move is aimed in treating COVID-19 sufferers extra effectively & the Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy-led govt going to start a plasma donation campaign shortly.
In the context of the campaign, the state govt going to reward every donor with a token number of INR 5,000.
As per the Health Commissioner, the southern state is spending an number of INR 15 cr per day in total COVID-19 arrangements, involving medication, sufferers’ meal, accommodation, tests & medicines, amongst remaining.
On an average, AP is checking 65,000 to 70,000 samples per day.
The state on Mon. recorded 8,368 new COVID-19 instances, taking the AP’s tally to 5.06 lakh.