The second, on 3/26/20, covered the Arizona perspective provided by Vitalant, the community blood service provider which manages all blood donations in northern Arizona. Due to the pandemic, several previously scheduled blood drives have been canceled due to school and workplace closures. In light of the above, I am giving this report from the front line, from the donor's recliner, if you will. I am an "older adult" and I donated last week at the San Francisco de Asis school gym. I was assured that a person can neither get nor transmit the virus through blood donation.

Source: Daily Sun April 03, 2020 18:11 UTC