Coronation Street’s Charlie De Melo reveals he’s donated blood plasma after contracting COVID-19

Convalescent plasma has been used to treat infections for at least a century, dating back to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.   It was also trialed during the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza virus pandemic, 2003 SARS epidemic, and the 2012 MERS epidemic.  Convalescent plasma was used as a last resort to improve the survival rate of patients … Read more