Almaty public health department urges people recovered from COVID-19 to become plasma donors

AKIPRESS.COM - Almaty public health department chief Kamaljan Nadyrov donated his blood, which would be used in treatment of patients with severe form of COVID-019, zakon.kz reported.
"I have donated plasma today that is used in treatment of coronavirus patients in serious condition. As you know, I recovered from coronavirus infection and I think my plasma will be helpful in treatment of patients with COVID-19. This method has the effect of alive vaccine and helped many people to recover. Blood donation is duty of every citizen. More than 2,000 were discharged from hospitals in Almaty. I urge every citizen recovered from coronavirus infection to be tested for COVID-19 antibodies. The procedure is painless and safe. We need to unite now as never before," Nadyrov said.
COVID-19 antibody test may be made at the national blood center in Almaty. 24 people donated their plasma for a month, but only 3 of them could become donors, who had high titer of COVID-19 antibodies, center director Dilyaver Bekirov said. Kamaljan Nadyrov was one of them, since he had a high titer of antibodies in his blood, he added.
600 ml of plasma is obtained from one donor. 200 ml of plasma will suffice for one patient. The ready antibodies will be transfused into blood of the patient with COVID-19 and will neutralize virus.
Information on positive COVID-19 test results of Kamaljan Nadyrov was announced on April 22. Nadyrov was discharged from hospital on May 19 and resumed his work as Almaty public health department chief. Earlier, Nadyrov was Deputy Health Minister.