BigstockThe decision comes days after the Drug Controller-General of India gave its go-ahead to the clinical trial of convalescent plasma therapy in coronavirus patientsThe Indian health ministry has said plasma therapy is not an approved treatment for Covid-19 and it is only one of several therapies that they are currently exploring. The statement comes days after the Drug Controller-General of India gave its go-ahead to a proposal by the ICMR for the clinical trial of convalescent plasma therapy in coronavirus patients. “If Covid-19 patients, during the early stages of the illness, are treated with plasma therapy then their chances of quick recovery increases." Plasma therapy has been successfully used to treat patients of infectious diseases in the past. During the H1N1 virus outbreak of 2009 and SARS epidemic of 2003, plasma therapy was used to treat patients.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 29, 2020 05:03 UTC