Four people in the last decade have died in Canada after giving plasma, and three of those deaths happened in Manitoba, Health Canada says. Health Canada did not say when that death, or the other Manitoba death, occurred. Health Canada did not provide dates or specific locations of the two fatal reactions CBC hadn't already reported on. A Health Canada spokesperson said their policy as of 2019 was someone could provide two donations in a seven-day period, with a minimum two-day interval between the donations. Grifols has since posted this clarification on its website," a Health Canada spokesperson wrote in an email statement.

Source: CBC News March 14, 2026 07:18 UTC