BANGKOK, May 9 (TNA) – Matthew Deane who recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) donated plasma
to help other patients.
Prof
Dr Yong Poovorawan, head of the Center of Excellence in Clinical
Virology at the Faculty of Medicine
at Chulalongkorn University, mentioned the donation on his Facebook
post today. He wrote that “Yesterday we had a visiting hero who donated
plasma that will be developed into immunity against COVID-19.”
Prof Dr Yong also wrote that Lydia Deane, Matthew’s wife, was also present to give moral support.
According to him, the plasma can be stored for as long as one year and those who recovered have developed
an antibody against COVID-19.
One person who recovered from the disease can make up to six donations of plasma which will fade away
in six months after the appearance of symptoms. (TNA)
