CAIRO - 27 September 2020: The Health Ministry said Sunday night that 680 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country to 301,625. Health Minister Hala Zayed revealed Sunday that the ministry's blood plasma donation centers nationwide had received as many as 4,400 donors since July 14. In mid-July, the minister announced a national project to establish blood plasma donation centers for medicine production as a part of a presidential initiative to achieve self-sufficiency in plasma derivatives. Other plasma donation venues include the regional blood transfusion centers in Cairo’s Dar El-Salam and Abbasiya districts, Alexandria, Gharbiya and Minya, the spokesman added. Healthy adults over the age of 18 may donate their blood plasma if they had not donated within the last three months, Megahed pointed out.

Source: Egypt Today September 27, 2021 12:21 UTC